China Tells Banks to Report Exposure to Conglomerate Fosun

  • CBIRC, Beijing SASAC make requests amid liquidity worries
  • Fosun entities have moved to pare stakes in listed operations
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Chinese authorities have told the nation’s biggest banks and state-owned firms to start a round of checks on their financial exposure to FosunBloomberg Terminal, one of the country’s largest non-state conglomerates, according to people familiar with the matter.

Multiple regulators including China’s banking watchdog and the local commission that oversees state investments in Beijing recently told institutions under their oversight to closely examine their Fosun exposure, said the people, asking not to be identified as the matter is private.