Articles by Clare Jim and Andrew Galbraith

China Evergrande Misses 3rd Round of Bond Payments, Intensifying Contagion Fears

HONG KONG – China Evergrande Group on Tuesday missed its third round of bond payments in three weeks, intensifying market fears over contagion involving other property developers as a wall of debt payment obligations come due in the near-term. Some …

Cash-Strapped China Evergrande Sells Bank Stake to Repay Loan

Cash-strapped China Evergrande Group left its offshore bondholders guessing whether it would pay interest on a bond coupon due Wednesday, despite agreeing to settle debt with a Chinese bank in a $1.5 billion stake divestment deal. With liabilities of $305 …

Few Hong Kong Firms Have Riot Insurance so They’ll Be Paying for Protest Damages

Hong Kong’s businesses will likely foot the bill for vandalism inflicted over the past four months during the territory’s most violent protests in living memory as few of them bought insurance coverage for riot damage, industry insiders said. Businesses big …

Sources Report AIG Secures Approval to List AIA on Hong Kong Exchange

American International Group Inc inched closer in its ambitious plan to list its Asian life insurance business, AIA Group Ltd, after securing approval from the Hong Kong stock exchange, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters Tuesday. AIA’s …

Sun Life Sees China Premiums Doubling This Year

Sun Life Financial expects premium growth at its China insurance venture to more than double this year, a senior executive said, after receiving approval to turn the company into a Chinese-owned entity. Sun Life Everbright will also likely begin making …