Standard Chartered

Hong Kong’s market watchdog has named Standard Chartered and UBS as defendants in a suit over the botched 2009 IPO of China Forestry Holdings Co.

Just two months after its last outing, China Huarong Asset Management Co has returned to bond market with a new three year and a senior perpetual.

The Republic of the Philippines launched a 25 year dollar transaction Wednesday morning, returning to the market for its regular start of the year deal.

Yanlord Land Group’s decision to wait until the New Year to return to the bond market paid off handsomely. Launching into a less volatile market on Monday, the deal attracted a peak order book of $2.8bn and priced at a good level for the issuer.

London-headquartered Vedanta Resources is pursuing a new 5.5 year dollar transaction after more than three years out of the international market,. The new deal is taking place alongside a tender offer for two of the company’s existing notes.

China Development Bank Corp is kicking off the year with a bang, launching a euro/dollar dual currency bond across five tranches Tuesday morning.

Hong Kong’s FWD began marketing a new perp on Tuesday, returning to dollar market after a gap of more than two years.

Türkiye Vakıflar Bankası (Vakibank) is asking investors exchange its old style tier two bonds for new Basel III compliant notes, making it the second Turkish bank in as many weeks to turn to liability management to boost its capital.

China Development Bank Corp has turned its sights on adollar-euro transaction to start its 2017 debt issuance.

Issuers anxious to meet with investors before the Chinese New Year are kicking off the week with roadshows around Asia. Beijing Capital Group, Qinghai Provincial Investment Group, China Huarong Asset Management, and Indonesia’s Pan Brothers are all pursuing dollar bonds.

Zhongce Rubber Group is seeking liquidity in the international syndicated loan market for a $300m deal.

High yield real estate names Times Property Holdings and Yanlord Land Group are marketing their respective dollar-denominated bonds on Monday morning, looking to lock in early funding for the year.