Of the 90 publicly listed Chinese property developers listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, almost two-thirds of them reported negative operating cash flows for the first half of 2010.
This makes clear why the Chinese authorities had earlier asked the banks to use a 60% haircut in estimating residential property losses.http://atans1.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/temasek-what-abt-these-chinese-property-charts/
Looks like trouble for the Chinese property developers and banks may be coming sooner than later, and for China bank bull Temasek. A repeat of Merrill Lynch and Barclays?
Remember Temasek owns 4% of Bank of China; and 6% of China Construction Bank. And StanChart is a cornerstone investor in Agricultural Bank of China with abt 1% paying US$500m for this privilege). Temasek owns 18% of StanChart.
And what about CapLand and KepLand, with their biggish exposure to Chinese residential properties?
Sigh
Ms Ho C. is reported to be stepping down from Temasel. Anything coincidence?