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Hong Kong-listed Carnival Group International Holdings is to make a cash call of up to $260m to fund expansion plans.

A third equity banker has left the senior ranks of Goldman Sachs to join HSBC in Hong Kong, following Chito Jeyarajah’s recent exit from the US bulge bracket firm.

Melco International Development is planning to spin off and list its Macau gambling and entertainment resort Studio City in the US, according to a Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing on Monday.

Hong Kong’s Wing Tai Properties is looking for a Singapore dollar denominated bond, its first debt transaction in three years.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) is pressing ahead with plans to extend after-hours trading for equity index futures contracts and will eventually extend the 'T+1 session' to 3am.

Shandong International Trust Co has returned for a second attempt at a Hong Kong listing, refiling a draft prospectus six months after cancelling its $300m IPO.

John Wade has joined Mizuho Securities as head of debt capital markets for Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong.

China Isotope, which filed a listing application for its Hong Kong IPO in June, is aiming to launch the transaction by late September.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has added a banker to its debt capital markets division in Hong Kong, hiring her from a Chinese securities house.

Dave Sandor is no longer with Goldman Sachs, where he oversaw equity-linked origination, structuring and execution across Asia Pacific and onshore China.

Hong Kong-listed Wharf Holdings is set to spin off and float its entire holding in i-Cable Communications by way of introduction, according to an exchange filing on Wednesday.

Andy Siow, a director in ANZ's Asia bond syndicate team, has left the bank about eight months after he joined.