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China Inc. Credit Stress Most Acute in Liaoning, Qinghai
Bloomberg 2/4/2021 Molly Dai
(Bloomberg) China saw a record number of corporate defaults last year and that trend looks set to continue as policy makers try to tighten credit and pull back on stimulus this year.
Those stresses aren’t distributed evenly across the country though, with companies in the provinces of Liaoning, Qinghai and Henan facing the most difficulty in raising funds at the moment, according to Bloomberg analysis of all corporate bonds issued in China.
The data shows that firms in those three regions issued new bonds equal to less than 30% of the debt that matured over the last three months. Firms in other provinces such as Anhui and Zhejiang were in a much better position, issuing 251% and 171% more bonds than maturing debt, respectively. The ratio was 116% nationwide in January.
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SHANGHAI, Jan 29 (Reuters) - China’s interbank bond market regulator will restrict moves by bond issuers to transfer assets for free, it said on Friday, in an apparent effort to protect bondholders in the aftermath of a spurt of defaults.
In a statement, the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII) told bond issuers’ controlling shareholders not to dodge debt obligations through asset transfer or transactions with related parties.
The curbs come after several top-rated state-owned companies, including Huachen Automotive Group Holdings Co and Yongcheng Coal & Electricity Holding Group Co, defaulted toward the end of 2020, sending shockwaves across China’s bond market.
Rising short-term rates spark speculation of tightening Analysts, investors expect more credit differentiation
SHANGHAI, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Tight cash conditions in China’s financial system are turning up the heat on corporate issuers and raising the risk of more defaults in the coming months amid signs authorities in Beijing are planning to scale back COVID stimulus.
Investors hold yuan-denominated corporate bonds worth nearly 2.6 trillion yuan ($402.19 billion) that are due to mature, or that allow investors to demand early repayment, in March and April, according to S&P Global Ratings.
The wave of maturities follows a flood of issuance in early 2020, as companies took advantage of China’s aggressive policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic to raise money at low rates.
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SHANGHAI China’s interbank bond market regulator will restrict moves by bond issuers to transfer assets for free, it said on Friday, in an apparent effort to protect bondholders in the aftermath of a spurt of defaults.
In a statement, the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII) told bond issuers’ controlling shareholders not to dodge debt obligations through asset transfer or transactions with related parties.
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The curbs come after several top-rated state-owned companies, including Huachen Automotive Group Holdings Co and Yongcheng Coal & Electricity Holding Group Co, defaulted toward the end of 2020, sending shockwaves across China’s bond market.