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India’s HealthCare Global Enterprises has begun bookbuilding for a listing which could raise up to Rp6.5bn ($96.5m).

AMTD Group is out with its first international bond, taking bids on Wednesday for a three year dollar transaction that was covered at launch.

Indian small finance bank (SFB) Equitas Holdings is looking to raise nearly Rp20bn ($297m) with an IPO that could make it the first SFB to list in the country.

The Mutual Recognition of Funds (MRF) scheme has been slow in gaining traction among offshore investors since its launch in December. But the recent suspensions of outbound investment schemes has seen a pick-up in interest by Chinese investors.

Carnival Group International Holdings executed its first dollar bond on Tuesday, raising $180m with a three year transaction that was supported by anchor orders.

South Korea’s Kia Motors Corp is finally looking to make a comeback to the dollar bond market after an absence of five years and has mandated banks to prepare a proposed 144A outing.

Mongolia is seeking up to $500m from its syndicated loan debut and has already received $250m of the funds.

Western Digital, the US computer data storage manufacturer, had bank meetings Wednesday in London for its $9.5bn loan package, backing its $17bn acquisition of SanDisk.

The $150m loan for Africa Finance Corporation is still in the market, although commitments for the loan were due weeks ago.

Deutsche Bank launched a defensive three year senior trade on Tuesday, as the lender looked to make its way back to the public debt market after a tumultuous start to the year.

Bulgaria marked its capital markets coming of age on Monday after timing its first intraday execution of a Eurobond to perfection. The €1.994bn note left the country fully funded for the year.

China’s reported intention to introduce a Tobin tax on foreign exchange transactions has provoked a somewhat typical rush of condemnation. However, some analysts are already pointing out that pros and cons might indeed balance each other out.