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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has started roadshows for its maiden Panda outing ahead of its planned launch in early June, GlobalCapital China has learned from sources. Part of the proceeds from the Rmb5bn ($703m) deal will be used to fund an emergency Covid-19 relief loan to China.

Analysts expect negotiations between Argentina and its foreign bondholders to continue past May 22, the date that the sovereign could enter default, with restructuring proposals from the creditors implying recovery values up to 50% higher than what the issuer initially proposed. But as both parties appear to be keen to find a solution, the bonds continued their rally on Monday.

Latin American development bank Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) began investor calls on Monday as it looks to sell a benchmark-sized euro denominated social bond to help fund its response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Unédic, the French unemployment insurance agency, is facing an unprecedented strain on its services thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and its funding need has more than tripled as a result. CFO Jun Dumolard told GlobalCapital how the institution has been managing.

A group of investors have formed a working group to coordinate the tricky issue of debt relief in Africa, as the economic impact of Covid-19 hastens the reality.

JP Morgan, the leading SSA bookrunner over the last five years, is clinging onto pole position for 2020, despite a mighty effort from Citi, which has topped the rankings since the Covid-19 pandemic began disrupting markets in earnest. But it is a far different picture in SSA MTNs with Scandinavians surging to the top, thanks to a growth in niche currency supply.

France has outlined plans to issue a new 20 year syndicated bond, confirming market speculation that the sovereign was looking to join its eurozone sovereign peers in tapping the capital markets to finance its revised funding programme for 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Theme park group Parques Reunidos has raised an extra €200m from a "select group of existing investors", as it seeks to combat the coronavirus-impaired operating environment that has shut many of its water park locations across Europe.

Sri Lanka’s dollar bonds were among the worst performing high yield notes in Asia last week, as the country continues to battle the Covid-19 pandemic and refinancing pressures loom.

Hong Kong jewellery company Chow Tai Fook is taking a flexible approach to its loan market return during the Covid-19 pandemic, giving banks seven participation levels to choose from.

Kintor Pharmaceutical has notched another success for the healthcare sector, raising HK$1.86bn ($240m) from its IPO after pricing the deal at the top of the marketed range.

ACI Airport Sudamérica, the operator of Uruguay’s largest airport, has received consent from its bondholders to delay a year of debt payments to help it through the Covid-19 pandemic — just weeks after creditors of its Argentine sister company achieved the same.