Taking Another Look at the Chinese Real Estate Market
Nov 08, 2021•6 min
Episode description
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points form the article:
-Taking Another Look at the Chinese Real Estate Market
-US$60 trillion China real estate market—which is likely the largest asset class in the world
-As such, these regulations have caused Chinese junk-rated property developer bonds to underperform this year—and in the case of Evergrande,
-yields on Chinese junk-rated bonds nearly touched 25% before falling recently
-the real estate sector makes up 66% of the high yield index. Additionally, of the $142 billion of U.S. dollar-denominated bonds trading at distressed prices (generally defined as debt with yields over 10%), 48% were issued by Chinese real estate companies
-However, that the China investment-grade corporate index hasn’t responded in-kind provides us comfort that the spillover effects are, at this time, limited
-That Fantasia decided not to pay its obligations caused investors to question the commitment of the property developer market broadly in servicing its financial obligations
-there won’t be a bailout per se but we do expect the PBOC to ring-fence the risks and prevent them from spilling over into the broader financial system
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