Yesterday we reported that
in the aftermath of the failure of China's Baoshang Bank (BSB), and its
subsequent seizure by the government - the first takeover of a
commercial bank since the Hainan Development Bank 20 years ago - the
PBOC appeared to panic and injected a whopping 250 billion yuan via an
open-market operation, the largest since January.
昨日ZeroHedgeが記事を書いた、中国のBaoshang Bank(BSB）倒産と国有化の後遺症ーー２０年前のHainan Development Bank 海南開発銀行 倒産以来の国有化ーーこれでPBOCはパニック状態になりなんと２５０B人民元を公開市場操作で注入した、今年１月以来最大のものだった。
And while the bank first failure of a Chinese bank resulted in some
notable turmoil in China's interbank market, where the issuance of
Negotiable Certificates of Deposit was partially frozen as overnight
funding rates spiked, dragging prices of both corporate and sovereign
bonds briefly lower, we warned that "Baoshang is just the tip of the
iceberg."
中国のインターバンク市場が停滞するなかで銀行倒産が生じ、一夜物金利がスパイク急上昇するなかで、Negotiable Certificates of Depositが部分的に凍結された、これが企業債権と中国債をともに短期的に押し下げた、ZeroHedgeはこれを見てこう警告した「Baoshangは氷山の一角に過ぎない」と。
According to UBS analyst Jason Bedford, who in 2017 was the first to
highlight Baoshang’s troubles, there are several other banks that have
“identical leading risk indicators” to Baoshang. Hengfeng Bank, Jinzhou
Bank Co. and Chengdu Rural Commercial Bank all failed to publish their
latest financial statements, have a large portion of their balance
sheets invested in “loan-like investment assets” and are subject to
negative local media coverage.
UBSのアナリストJason Bedfordによると、彼は２０１７年に最初にBaoshangの抱える問題に注目した人物だ、「Baoshangと同様のリスク指標を持つ銀行がいくつかある」。これらの銀行はまだ最新決算を開示していない、Hengfeng Bank, Jinzhou Bank Co. そしてChengdu Rural Commercial Bankだ、バランスシートのかなりの部分は「ローンに見せかけた投資資産」だ、そして現地のメディアはこの状況をマイナスと捉えて報道している。
To be sure, storm clouds had been gathering above for quite some
time. Here is a quick primer on how BSB was unique, and why it was
especially at risk, courtesy of Barclays.
BSB is a city commercial bank (Figure 1), with a AA+ credit rating
from Dagong Credit Rating Group. However, it has faced more problems and
financial difficulties than banks with a similar credit rating. BSB has
not published its annual report since 2016, which to us suggests
significant asset quality stress. Its ratio of 90-day overdue loans to
NPL stood at ~180% in 2016, versus an average of ~110% for similar sized
banks. Meanwhile, its key stakeholder (~30%), Tomorrow Group, has been
under an anti-graft investigation with its founder Xiao Jianhua missing
since 2017.
It has been a notably aggressive player in China’s interbank market, with
~40% of its funding from wholesale sources, compared with a ~25%
average for smaller regional banks, and ~20% for all banks in April 2019 (see Figure 2). As a result, BSB has been hit hard by the deleveraging drive and tightening of the interbank funding channels.
Most of the above was already well-known, at least in the aftermath
of the BSB collapse. What investors are far more curious about is i)
will the failure become systemic, and ii) who will fail next.
Addressing the first question, Barclays analyst Jian Chang writes
that the bank doesn't expect the BSB takeover to cause a systemic crisis
(many would disagree). The reason: the bank's total assets/outstanding
loans/deposits only accounted for 0.23%/0.18%/0.14% of China’s whole
banking system (as of Q3 2017, the latest available data on BSB), and
the PBoC is committed to “keeping eye on the liquidity situation of
medium-to-small banks, and make use of various tools such as OMOs to
ensure reasonably ample liquidity in the system and maintain stability
in the money market rates”.
That said, Barclays admits that the takeover of BSB "highlights
the difficulties and challenges facing some medium-to-small sized banks
arising from China’s deleveraging campaign of the past several years
and a slowing economy." Specifically, during the first phase of
“deleveraging the financial system” (August 2016 - October 2017),
interbank lending, a major funding source facilitating the aggressive
expansion of medium/small banks before, was significantly tightened.
Then as the financial deleveraging extended to the real economy (Nov 17 –
May 18), the resulting rise in corporate delinquency and defaults added
to banks’ credit risks. Then, during the period of policy easing since
the second half of 2018, banks’ asset quality has not been helped by the
regulator’s push for more SME lending, "as the NPL ratio of
urban commercial banks as a whole rose notably by ~30bp to 1.9% in Q1
19, from 1.6% Q2 18, while their bad-loan provision ratio declined by
30pp to ~180% over the same period (Figures 3-4)." ということで、バークレイ銀行はBSBの国有化をこう解釈している「ここ数年の中国政府の債務削減キャンペーンと景気減速で中小銀行の中には困難が生じている銀行もあることを顕在化せさた」。特に「金融システムの債務削減」の第一フェーズ（２０１６年８月−２０１７年１０月）においては、かつては中小銀行が積極的に拡大してきた銀行間貸出が大きく引き締められた。その後この金融業界での債務削減が実経済にも拡張された（２０１８年１１月−２０１８年５月）、結果として企業の返済不能や倒産が銀行の与信リスクを増やした。そして、２０１８年後半以降は緩和的政策になり、資産の質を監督当局から問われなくなり、小規模銀行の貸出を拡大した、「都市商業銀行の不良債権率は２０１８Q2の１．６％から３０BP増えて２０１９Q1には１．９％になった、bad loan provision ratio 不良債権引当率(?)は３０パーセントポイント減って同じ期間に１８０％になった（Figure 3-4）。」
As such, Barclays expects more "exits" (read "failures") of smaller
banks or NBFIs (Non-bank financial institutions) either through
takeovers or M&A with bigger parties, most likely with some regional significance (eg.
urban or rural commercial banks. However, in keeping an optimistic
outlook, Barclays does not view a few more bank failures as a systemic
risk, "as the total >130 urban and >1300 rural commercial banks only account for ~10% of the banking sector." というわけで、バークレーは小型銀行やNBFI（ノンバンク金融体、シャドーバンク）においてさらなる「処理」（「損失」）が増えると見ている、処理に際しては大手銀行によるM&Aが伴う。しかしながら、バークレーは楽観的で、さらなる銀行倒産は無いと見ている、「都市銀行は１３０行を超える中で、１３００を超える地方商業銀行の資産規模は銀行セクター全体の１０％程度にすぎないからだ」。
Meanwhile, the analyst notes the regulators’ efforts to help banks
replenish their capital through various channels (eg. the recently
introduced perpetual bonds which are a form of quasi QE) as "indicated by the government’s attempts to prevent systemic risks from materializing before they become too great to contain."
Furthermore, the official remarks (listed below) suggest that, even if some FIs are allowed to "experiment"
with bankruptcy, this would only go forward in a controlled and
manageable manner (ie. mainly through mergers and restructuring) to
ensure the government’s bottom line of no systemic risks being created.
Below is a list of selected comments by a Chinese official, in this
case Xiao Yuanqi, the Chief Risk Officer of the CBIRC, in February 2019,
which help understand the regulators’ thinking on smaller FIs, NPL risk
exposure, and planned resolutions:
He said that regulators will continue encouraging smaller and
private players to join the market to expand access to credit for SMEs,
meanwhile they will also work out measures to contain risks associated
with smaller financial institutions (FIs).
While some institutions will be allowed to experiment with
bankruptcy, regulators will mainly use mergers and restructuring to
defuse risks and force unqualified players out of the market.
The authorities will also encourage lenders to step up efforts to
offload their non-performing loans (NPLs). The banking sector has
disposed of CNY3.48trn of bad loans over the past two years, according
to CBIRC data, but commercial banks still have CNY2trn of NPLs on their
balance sheets.
Improving the supply of financing will involve shifting
“inefficient” credit from industries suffering from overcapacity to
areas with greater needs, such as SMEs in innovative and strategic
sectors. Poorly performing companies with little prospect of improvement
will be guided to exit the market through reorganization or bankruptcy.
Finally, for those curious which banks are most likely to follow
in Baoshang's footsteps, and fail next, Barclays has compiled a list of regional banks that have delayed publishing 2018 reports, the biggest red flag suggesting an upcoming solvency "event."
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