Developers, financial advisers and bondholders said that could make debt restructuring terms much worse than expected earlier.
DEFAULTING DEVELOPERSThe property sector accounts for roughly a quarter of the world's second-largest economy.
That could trigger off one of the world's biggest debt restructuring exercises.
However, a turnaround (in the property sector) may need more," said Chuanyi Zhou, Asia corporate analyst at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, which holds Sunac's bonds.
Chinese policymakers rolled out a range of support measures in late August and early September to revive the property sector.
Persons:
Shimao, Chuanyi Zhou, Yuzhou, Edward Al, Clare Jim, Xie Yu, Davide Barbuscia, Sumeet Chatterjee, Kim Coghill
Organizations:
HONG KONG, JPMorgan, HK, Shimao, CIFI Holdings, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Developers, Reuters, Kaisa, Columbia, China Index Academy, Thomson
Locations:
HONG, China, Asia, Hong Kong, New York