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Thomas J. Monaco

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Asia Ex Japan

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The US Trade Representative (“USTR”) office added Tencent and Alibaba Group to the US government's latest "notorious markets" list; </li>
<li>Similar to being implicated in running afoul of regulators in mainland China, Tencent “strongly disagrees” with the USTR label; and</li>
<li>*We look forward to Tencent’s 4Q21 results announcement on March 23, 2021 where management will continue to refuse to discuss anything meaningful.</li>
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The US Trade Representative (“USTR”) office added Tencent and Alibaba Group to the US government's latest "notorious markets" list; 
Similar to being implicated in running afoul of regulators in mainland China, Tencent “strongly disagrees” with the USTR label; and
*We look forward to Tencent’s 4Q21 results announcement on March 23, 2021 where management will continue to refuse to discuss anything meaningful.


Tencent Holdings – Bad News On The Doorstep

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<li>The shares of Evergrande aren’t worth the paper their printed on;  </li>
<li>Shanghai Construction receives a positive court outcome at expense of Evergrande; and</li>
<li>The likelihood that Evergrande has enough liquidity and will not have a fire sale of assets is nil – we can add Evergrande to the list of the walking dead. </li>
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The shares of Evergrande aren’t worth the paper their printed on;  
Shanghai Construction receives a positive court outcome at expense of Evergrande; and
The likelihood that Evergrande has enough liquidity and will not have a fire sale of assets is nil – we can add Evergrande to the list of the walking dead. 


China Evergrande Group – Be A Hero, Take It To Zero

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<li>Be a hero, just take Evergrande to zero. The scrip isn't worth the paper their written on; </li>
<li>Without an Act of God, the likelihood that Evergrande has enough liquidity and will not have a fire sale of assets is nil; and </li>
<li>Major creditor, China Cinda, be placed in charge creates a massive conflict of interest that no investor or creditor should get comfortable with.   </li>
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Be a hero, just take Evergrande to zero. The scrip isn't worth the paper their written on; 
Without an Act of God, the likelihood that Evergrande has enough liquidity and will not have a fire sale of assets is nil; and 
Major creditor, China Cinda, be placed in charge creates a massive conflict of interest that no investor or creditor should get comfortable with.   


China Evergrande Group – Just Stop the Nonsense

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<li>Aggressive foreclosure of Evergrande assets suggests a sea change in how mainland China is handling real estate company defaults – especially with foreign creditors; </li>
<li>Creditor China Cinda’s involvement on the seven-member risk management committee and the appointment of a Cinda senior executive is an alarming conflict of interest; and </li>
<li>4Q21 earnings season will be huge tell for mainland Chinese NPLs which likely peak at 20% of total loans.   </li>
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Aggressive foreclosure of Evergrande assets suggests a sea change in how mainland China is handling real estate company defaults – especially with foreign creditors; 
Creditor China Cinda’s involvement on the seven-member risk management committee and the appointment of a Cinda senior executive is an alarming conflict of interest; and 
4Q21 earnings season will be huge tell for mainland Chinese NPLs which likely peak at 20% of total loans.   


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<li>Evergrande’s seven-member risk management committee includes China Cinda, a major Evergrande creditor;    </li>
<li>Adding insult to injury, a China Cinda senior executive was appointed as an Evergrande director; and </li>
<li>This is massive conflict of interest coupled with the local municipality bonepickers give us little confidence that any creditor will be treated fairly. </li>
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Evergrande’s seven-member risk management committee includes China Cinda, a major Evergrande creditor;    
Adding insult to injury, a China Cinda senior executive was appointed as an Evergrande director; and 
This is massive conflict of interest coupled with the local municipality bonepickers give us little confidence that any creditor will be treated fairly. 


China Evergrande Group – Fox in Henhouse

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Tencent Holdings – Bad News On The Doorstep

TENCENT: The USTR office added Tencent and Alibaba Group to the US government's latest "notorious markets" list. Similar to running afoul of...

Thomas J. Monaco

China Evergrande Group – Be A Hero, Take It To Zero

EVERGRANDE: The shares of Evergrande aren’t worth the paper printed on. Shanghai Construction receives a positive court outcome against Evergrande....

Thomas J. Monaco

China Evergrande Group – Just Stop the Nonsense

EVERGRANDE: The likelihood that Evergrande has enough liquidity and will not have a fire sale of assets is nil. Major creditor, China Cinda, be...

Thomas J. Monaco

China Evergrande Group – Tug of War

EVERGRANDE: Aggressive foreclosure of assets is a sea change in mainland China. 4Q21 earnings season will be huge tell for mainland Chinese NPLs...

Thomas J. Monaco

China Evergrande Group – Fox in Henhouse

EVERGRANDE: Evergrande’s risk management committee includes China Cinda, a major Evergrande creditor. This is massive conflict provides little...

Thomas J. Monaco