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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 04, 2023
Chinese banks to feel fund-raising pain as investors fear bad loans

Global Economy

Reuters
28 December, 2020, 09:35 am
Last modified: 28 December, 2020, 09:42 am

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Chinese banks to feel fund-raising pain as investors fear bad loans

Big and medium-sized lenders also need to improve their capital adequacy as demanded by global and domestic watchdogs

Reuters
28 December, 2020, 09:35 am
Last modified: 28 December, 2020, 09:42 am
People walk past the skyline of the Central Business District (CBD) on the day that Chinese leaders elaborate on their 14th Five-Year plan following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Coid-19) in Beijing, China, 30 October, 2020/ Reuters
People walk past the skyline of the Central Business District (CBD) on the day that Chinese leaders elaborate on their 14th Five-Year plan following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Coid-19) in Beijing, China, 30 October, 2020/ Reuters

Chinese banks are expected to face headwinds raising funds next year as profit-conscious investors cling to the sidelines, expecting a wave of bad loans to hammer the sector and erode already slimming margins.

The sector is ending its worst annual performance in years after putting aside record provisions due to Covid-19 while Beijing urged banks to sacrifice profits to help the economy.

Next year as lenders end pandemic-related loan forbearance - which let borrowers suspend repayments or pay less in interest - banks must bolster their capital against loans previously not classified as nonperforming.

Big and medium-sized lenders also need to improve their capital adequacy as demanded by global and domestic watchdogs.

China's banks raised 1.2 trillion yuan ($18 billion) in the first 11 months of the year, off the pace of 1.5 trillion yuan for all of 2019, data from Fitch Ratings shows.

The 26 listed banks may need to replenish at least 1.25 trillion yuan of capital in 2021, Shenzhen-based brokerage Guosheng Securities estimates.

"The pressure of capital-raising for the whole banking industry is still pretty big," said Vivian Xue, Fitch's director of Asia-Pacific financial institutions. "China's largest banks will need to raise substantial capital or loss-absorbing debt over the next few years."

The four largest - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China and Bank of China - face a shortfall in this loss-absorbing debt of 4.7 trillion yuan by the end of 2024 to meet requirements set by the Basel-based Financial Stability Board, according to Fitch.

In the scenario, Fitch assumes risk-weighted assets including loans will grow 8% annually.

The Group of 20 big economies adopted "total loss-absorbing capacity" in 2015 as a standard to help ensure the world's largest financial institutions have the resources for any restructuring while minimising support from public funds.

Smaller Banks

But China's more than 4,000 smaller and unlisted banks have more acute funding needs, analysts say, despite 200 billion yuan of local government special bonds this year aimed at helping recapitalise regional banks.

"Smaller banks will have a bigger gap," said analyst Wang Jian at Guosen Securities.

Fund-raising tools include tier-two bonds, perpetual bonds for bigger banks, public share offerings, strategic capital injections and government-led investments for smaller lenders.

Despite the array of options, banks face challenges in gaining investors' interest.

"Small banks will have trouble winning recognition from investors," said analyst Wang Yifeng at Everbright Securities.

Investors have been lukewarm to bank IPOs due to their poor share performance, said Dai Zhifeng, an analyst with Zhongtai Securities.

Mainland banking shares have fallen 6.5% this year, even as China's broader market surged 22%.

Concern about credit risks at smaller lenders, following the seizure of Baoshang Bank, has also chilled confidence in capital instruments issued by regional banks, Dai said.

On the retail end of fund-raising, mainly via deposit products, big lenders will be favoured over regional ones.

Urban and rural commercial banks will have a harder time attracting deposits due to a weak client base and regulatory crackdowns on high-yield deposits.

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