por admin » Mar Jun 15, 2010 8:03 am
Los reguladores Chinos advirtieron el Martes del aumento del riesgo de la morosidad que el sector bancario enfrenta, enfatizo la continua preocupacion por la deterioracion de los activos de la banca despues del explosivo crecimiento de los creditos el anio pasado.
Estos comentarios indican que China tomara medidas de ajuste en el sistema bancario especialmente a sectores de mayor riesgo como el sector de bienes raices.
China Signals Move on Bank Lending
BEIJING—China's banking regulator warned Tuesday of increasing risks to the country's banking sector from bad debt, highlighting continuing concerns about deteriorating banking assets after last year's explosive credit growth.
The comments indicate the regulator will continue to tighten bank lending, especially to sectors of the economy it views as carrying higher risk such as the property market.
The China Banking Regulatory Commission gave an outlook for this year in its 2009 annual report, published Tuesday on its website. CBRC has urged banks to control risks for a while, but it has rarely acknowledged publicly that the risks of a rebound in nonperforming loans are rising, although some analysts have repeatedly cautioned about that.
"Domestically, the soundness of the banking sector is being tested by the increasing pressure of an NPL rebound, by the potential credit risks associated with lending to local-government financing platforms, and by the real-estate sector and industries with excess capacity," the 128-page report cited CBRC Chairman Liu Mingkang as saying.
"Internationally, fundamental flaws underlined by the recent global financial crisis have not been resolved," Mr. Liu added.
He highlighted regulatory issues challenging global supervisory bodies, such as too-big-to-fail financial institutions, systemic risk, cross-sector risk contagion, toxic assets, as well as the sovereign debt crisis in Europe.
The report urged banks to closely monitor global capital flows and make contingency plans in case of liquidity problems. If some countries with very low interest rates decide to raise them, funds will likely exit emerging markets suddenly and cause asset bubbles to burst, it said.
The risk that some credit assets could turn into losses is increasing this year, despite the average NPL ratio at China's commercial banks remaining low at 1.6% at the end of last year, compared with 2.4% at the end of 2008, the regulator said.
The banking sector had outstanding NPLs of 426.5 billion yuan at the end of last year, down from 486.5 billion yuan a year earlier, the report showed. However, loans categorized as losses rose to 55.8 billion yuan from 49.5 billion yuan a year earlier. In addition, loans categorized as "doubtful," meaning some could turn into losses, remained large at 201.6 billion yuan at the end of last year, though down slightly from 212.2 billion yuan a year earlier, the report showed.
A breakdown of NPLs by sectors of the economy showed the manufacturing sector had the biggest portion of NPLs, totalling 171.7 billion yuan last year, followed by the wholesale and retail sales sector's 64.4 billion yuan and the property sector's 50.4 billion yuan. The utilities, construction, transportation and storage and postal industries—sectors often connected to local governments' financial vehicles—had combined NPLs of 82.9 billion yuan last year.
Since mid-April, China has tightened credit controls by raising minimum down-payment requirements and mortgage rates, banning mortgages for purchases of third homes and restricting pre-sales by developers to cool the country's overheated property market.
Sunday, China issued rules on financing vehicles that have been responsible for a surge in local-government debt as a side effect of the nation's stimulus-driven lending binge last year. Beijing indicated that some of the financing vehicles will be shut if they are mainly dependent on government funding for debt repayment in a public project.
The regulator also urged banks to strengthen management of loans for property development and for land purchases. Big and medium-sized banks should continue to conduct quarterly stress tests on property loans, it said.