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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s Hong Kong branch made a quick return to the floating rate bond market, raising $700m from a dual-tranche outing on Monday. The lender was focusing more on price over size, with its five year proving to be investors’ sweet spot, according to bankers.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea returned to DCM on Tuesday for a floating rate dollar Formosa deal, a few weeks after Kookmin Bank broke open the market for a new batch of issuers from the country.

India’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone is gauging investor interest this week for a new 10 year bullet, less than a month after its board approved an up to $1.5bn debt-raising.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s Hong Kong branch is marketing a floating rate Reg S transaction featuring a three and a five year, having recently raised $1.1bn from a similar deal.

Textile maker Shandong Ruyi Technology Group Co is gauging investor interest for a new dollar deal, six months after its debut in the international market.

Lenders that worked on a HK$4.851bn ($622m) leveraged buyout loan to support MBK Partners and TPG Capital’s acquisition of telecom firm Wharf T&T have thrown their weight behind the same sponsors for a potential bid for Hutchison Global Communications, said bankers.

Yapi Kredi raised $500m with a seven year senior bond on Wednesday, bringing the total of Turkish bank issuance so far this year to $5.3bn.

FWD Group wowed the Asian dollar bond market with a rare $500m zero coupon subordinated perpetual non-call five deal this month, catching investor interest thanks to its backing by high-profile investor Richard Li.

Standard Chartered has hired Clare Francis to be regional head of global banking, Europe. The former Lloyds banker will run its corporate and financial institution business in the region.

Yapi Kredi hit screens on Wednesday with a new seven year note and will be hoping to capitalise on more positive economic indicators from Turkey, while offering some juice to overcome any investor fatigue around buying Turkish bank debt, according to a buy-side analyst.

Malaysia's CIMB has increased the size of its syndicated loan to $500m from $400m, raising the additional amount as a separate facility from banks that joined as mandated lead arrangers during senior syndication.

The private equity majority owners of Indian IT company Mphasis raised $500m on Tuesday from a five year non-call two deal, despite it having a structure that is quite unfriendly to bondholders.