The company logo of Chinese developer Country Garden is pictured at the Shanghai Country Garden Center in Shanghai, China August 9, 2023.
REUTERS/Aly Song/File PhotoAug 14 (Reuters) - Brokerage J.P.Morgan warned on Monday an estimated 2.8 trillion yuan ($385.78 billion) worth of assets under the management of Chinese real estate investment trusts (REITs) face higher risk following the debt payment delays by Country Garden (2007.HK).
Country Garden, China's largest private developer, is seeking to delay payment on a private onshore bond for the first time after suspending trading in 11 onshore bonds.
More broadly, rising trust defaults would drag economic growth by 0.3-0.4 percentage points directly, JPM warned.
($1 = 7.2581 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Roshan Abraham in Bengaluru; Editing by Varun H KOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
Aly, J.P.Morgan, Katherine Lei, Lei, JPM, Roshan Abraham, Varun
Organizations:
Shanghai Country Garden, REUTERS, Country Garden, HK, Monday's, Thomson
Locations:
Shanghai, China, Bengaluru