Goldman Sachs Buys Troubled Chinese Real Estate Debt

Goldman Sachs Buys Troubled Chinese Real Estate Debt
A view of the Goldman Sachs stall on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on July 16, 2013. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Andrew Moran
Updated:

Goldman Sachs is investing in Chinese real estate debt, even as that debt is currently one of the most battered assets in global financial markets.

The debt crisis and escalating default risks threatening China Evergrande Group, China Properties Group, and Sinic Holdings are creating enormous problems for the nation’s real estate sector. But the U.S. investment titan believes that the market is overestimating a contagion risk, which is producing a wide range of opportunities.

Andrew Moran
Andrew Moran
Author
Andrew Moran has been writing about business, economics, and finance for more than a decade. He is the author of "The War on Cash."
Related Topics