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Carnival Cruises has completed a partial buy-back of the $2bn three-year convertible bond it issued in April, to give it extra liquidity during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ke Holdings has kicked off bookbuilding for a $2bn US listing. But it has come as one of its largest shareholders, internet giant Tencent Holdings, was blindsided by the US with sanctions.

Carnival Cruises has launched a partial buy-back of the $2bn three year 5.75% convertible bond it issued in April to provide itself with more liquidity during the Covid-19 global pandemic.

Ian Taylor has rejoined Goldman Sachs, as head of equity capital markets for Australia and New Zealand, following a short stint at a fintech-focused merchant bank in the US.

Investors threw their weight behind Housing Development Finance Corp's Rp140bn ($1.87bn) fundraising this week.

Chinese real estate borrowers swarmed the international bond market on Wednesday, raising a combined $1.05bn across four transactions.

Indian private sector lender Axis Bank is set to price a qualified institutional placement worth up to Rp100bn ($1.34bn).

Delek Drilling, the Israeli energy company, launched a $2.25bn bond sale on Tuesday, in one of the few high yield emerging market bond deals seen during the coronavirus pandemic.

Israeli energy company, Delek Drilling, is set to launch a $2.25bn bond sale this week to support the expansion of its gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea, according to market sources.

CEEMEA bond bankers are pinning their hopes on the EU's €750bn recovery fund to spark green issuance once again. The market has been moribund since Covid-19 drew issuers' attentions elsewhere, with a debut deal from Georgia Global Utilities (GGU) — a portfolio company of London-listed Georgia Capital — one of very few recent highlights.

Electric vehicle manufacturer Li Auto sealed a scorching $1.1bn Nasdaq IPO this week, pricing above the marketed range to make it the largest US listing by a Chinese company in nearly two years. The deal proved there is still interest among mainland firms to list in the US, despite rising hostilities between the two countries, writes Jonathan Breen.

State Grid Corp of China, the world’s largest utility company, raised the equivalent of around $3.3bn from a four-tranche dollar and euro deal on Wednesday.