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China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co priced its 5.5 and 10 year bonds inside its curve on Tuesday, amid a busy day for Asia’s primary bond market.

The Korea Development Bank grabbed $300m from a Formosa deal on Tuesday, catering to Taiwanese investors' demand for South Korean paper.

Hong Kong’s market watchdog has withdrawn a lawsuit filed against Standard Chartered and UBS over the 2009 IPO of China Forestry Holdings Co, although this does not mark the end of possible enforcement action, according to sources close to the matter.

The Korea Development Bank returned to the offshore market on Tuesday, adding a dash of variety to its funding with a Formosa transaction.

Panamanian commercial lender Banco General is distributing a $500m loan into the Asian market, the second time it has tapped bank liquidity in the region.

China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co began marketing a dual-tranche dollar bond on Tuesday morning local time, as a number of issuers attempt to get ahead of China’s 19th National Congress of the Communist Party meeting taking place on Wednesday.

A $500m borrowing by Indian lender HDFC Bank has attracted four participants during general syndication. Allocations have emerged for the deal, which was signed in September.

The mandate for Reliance Industries’ $2.5bn refinancing has been revealed. The deal will consist of three portions, the bulk of which will replace a $1.5bn loan taken by one of its subsidiaries in late 2014.

China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) has approached banks for a $5.5bn two tranche borrowing to help refinance a $12.7bn acquisition loan signed last September.

CDB Leasing is on the road pitching a dollar bond deal which it wants to price as early as Monday, just ahead of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

The Chinese Ministry of Finance (MoF) has begun mandating underwriters to issue two tranches of sovereign dollar bonds – the country’s first outing in the dollar market for more than a decade.

Credit Suisse has expanded the responsibilities of two veteran bankers, naming one as the chairman of its Hong Kong operation and another as chief executive for Greater China.