More Bad China Debt News: SOE Defaults on $2.3 Billion

More Bad China Debt News: SOE Defaults on $2.3 Billion
People pedal past a building shaped as a Chinese ancient coin on April 21, 2007 in Shenyang of Liaoning Province, China. China Photos/Getty Images
Valentin Schmid
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This week, on March 22, we commented on the rapidly growing corporate bond bubble in China and why its ever-increasing size could be a problem in the future and why even China’s central bank governor is worried about it.

Société Générale said yields for riskier wealth management products (WMP) have been rising, which usually shows investors are risk-averse.

On March 23, we got confirmation why they are risk-averse. According to Caixin, the state-owned enterprise (SOE) Guangxi Nonferrous Metals Group Co. defaulted on $2.31 billion of its debts, including debts to banks, suppliers, as well as private bondholders.

(Société Générale)
Société Générale
Valentin Schmid
Valentin Schmid
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Valentin Schmid is a former business editor for the Epoch Times. His areas of expertise include global macroeconomic trends and financial markets, China, and Bitcoin. Before joining the paper in 2012, he worked as a portfolio manager for BNP Paribas in Amsterdam, London, Paris, and Hong Kong.
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