China’s local debt clean-up squad
CHINA ADVISORY
- Report
17 Jan 2020
by Andrew Collier
The four original Asset Management Companies (AMCs) established to handle bank non-performing loans have been expanded with the addition of more than 60 local AMCs. They are integral to the disposal of bank NPLs, which are increasing in size. The shift from central to local AMCs means Beijing is increasingly relying on a combination of local state and local private capital to recapitalize defaulting corporates.
However, we question whether private funds and weakly capitalized state firms will continue to supply the capital required due to tighter liquidity conditions.
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