. [/ k% B7 t1 a- J無論以上不利因素，有幾殺到埋身，但香港銀行不斷在中國業務上押重注，肯定令風險變得更集中，一次意外，泥足深陷，要避都避唔切。TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。* o+ X3 g2 G( R6 e* j# T d7 M* g
1 w2 z/ b: S4 X7 f9 _, f ) i% j8 Z/ L' p4 z1 ?TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Financial typhoon warning for Hong Kong- R: H! `! v( P/ W% `! D
By Harry Wilson 8 C7 w/ b$ @. f6 ITVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。www2.tvboxnow.com0 Q" S) _* y- ]0 w; @6 g7 y The city is showing worrying signs of being at the centre of the next financial crisis V) Y$ l+ {% M) |# r$ X4 h- A" G5 B+ k
y D5 d y4 V) X8 d( |, hTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 j2 [: a+ k" p% N: |% W# D公仔箱論壇Offshore subsidiaries of China’s largest state-controlled banks are using Hong Kong as abase for sourcing foreign currency funding to pump back into the domestic economytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! `+ f: [/ T3 A% J, D/ p
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The restaurants are fully booked, the shops are packed, the financial markets are booming. For Hong Kong things have, on the face of it, never been so good.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; A& N( K. V8 J
8 _% F" G) Z) j) u6 M- YTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。“One country, two systems” has proved to be a good deal for the former British island colony that today has become a financial centre, not just to rival its old ruler but to eclipse it.. O+ R# ~: L5 t% U& o
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Work in London as a middle-ranking investment banker and you can hope to earn about £286,000 a year in salary and bonuses. Do the same job in Hong Kong and you can earn an extra £30,000. 1 J4 F. D3 M# }# [3 E1 Y& H, Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。" z# Y) t! ?+ e
Take into account the city state’s low personal tax rate and you are looking at a considerably more lucrative career.An attractive prospect as long as you are not too bothered by the dire airpollution.6 ~9 F. E# S8 e4 Q$ K2 v) S
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“It has shops to rival New York and offshore banking services to match Geneva,” says one Hong Kong-based investment banker who long ago left London for Asia. 8 P* L8 c1 P3 \1 b* c- n 5 S4 B/ p+ o2 E6 h0 B1 o' @TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Last year, a record 54 million tourists, most of them from the Chinese mainland, thronged through the island’s increasingly jammed shopping malls, while millionaires and billionaires from the People’s Republic bought up luxury properties, feeding a real estate boom to match any seen in the West. - Y5 I" u: ]) |0 |- V0 B# B5 Uwww2.tvboxnow.comtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 O, k% f0 E4 K+ u- [0 L
The Chinese influx, while profitable, has not been to the taste of all the territory’s citizens, who blame “the locusts” for pushing up home prices and forcing them out of central districts. 1 k5 R) @$ z8 s' y( H1 o5 K. f7 U& x7 hTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。% T/ A N" N# H5 |9 \' [
At the same time, Hong Kong has the continued to hold the dubious distinction of topping The Economist’s “crony-capitalism”index, with billionaires estimated to have squirrelled away fortunes equivalent to nearly 60pc of GDP, more than treble the level in second-placed Russia. ( M x- b# V9 ^" W8 O8 IThe boom, therefore, is not one that has been universally applauded or universally shared, adding to the sense of an unbalanced economy. 6 C6 a5 ~5 `% J7 Y, e+ f9 m- mTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。With every boom there is also the ever-present spectre of bust. Hong Kong knows a thing or two about this and its modern financial history has been marked by a series of spectacular bubbles followed by huge crashes. 4 b' g' G, _+ [+ ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 9 p1 y7 Z" E& R t- j$ L: @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDuncan Innes-Ker, an Asia analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, has followed Hong Kong’s ups and downs for several years and says the present boom is the natural consequence of the West’s and particularly the American response to the crisis. 公仔箱論壇: H; l! U! d8 Z* r0 r) \, ~6 a
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“When you get low US interest rates you get a property bubble in Hong Kong. To my mind, this looks like the latest in a cycle of boom and busts,” says Innes-Ker. 公仔箱論壇$ F9 A+ a" L0 ~, O; ^7 Z. ~" c
: p6 c. S' X$ o' Y0 k公仔箱論壇However, Asianomics, a Hong Kong-based research firm, thinks the current upcycle is masking the tell-tale signs of a sharp and possibly unprecedented correction. . F1 _8 Z$ E: q |& H公仔箱論壇 6 o. i2 n8 B4 {5 \" D/ j3 k“Hong Kong is in the path of the typhoon developing on the mainland,” says Sharmila Whelan, an analyst at Asianomics. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。' h9 }3 n5 W/ R' h5 C
4 p1 j$ H- \- ?. t8 Cwww2.tvboxnow.com“A nasty downturn in China and a sudden sharp correction in the Hong Kong property market would severely buffet the territory’s economy. China’s problems have become insurmountable and the likelihood that 2014 will prove the year of reckoning is growing,” says Whelan. - G7 H; C s5 ?2 Pwww2.tvboxnow.comShe and her colleagues last month published a comprehensive analysis of Hong Kong’s current position and concluded that a bust was already apparent and that its cause was the same as that of the boom:China. 0 F( Z# n+ O# B* X* Y2 ?
3 Z# A7 E5 |( P1 W公仔箱論壇To see why, you have to look closely at the changes that have taken place in the financial relationship between Hong Kong and China since the crash of 2008. 公仔箱論壇, O% A, W0 b7 |4 D8 h9 \( I) W
0 s |3 k' a7 ?! DBefore the crisis, China had never represented more than 10pc of the total external claims of Hong Kong-based financial institutions, but with the implosion of the West, the island’s exposure to the mainland has rocketed and, as of late last year, stood at 49pcof claims. ; y* p) g4 `8 ~$ K. a: T1 d3 b % H" \3 A- e9 ~; O, YMuch of the rise has come from the rapid growth of the offshore subsidiaries of China’s largest state-controlled banks,which have increasingly used Hong Kong as a base for sourcing foreign currency funding to pump back into the domestic economy. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。; [, Q0 }8 Z' [9 H V E3 R
4 S% b2 ~ r" g$ kThis has been accelerated by the People’s Bank of China’s clampdown on renminbi lending, which has led Chinese banks and companies to borrow money cheaply offshore, mainly in dollars, to invest at home at higher rates of interest. : b" g7 ~2 Z: Z8 |5 Bwww2.tvboxnow.com - x, n2 h8 v; P3 h. i$ VMoody’s last month issued a “negative”outlook on the Hong Kong-based operations of three out of five of the larger banks, including those of China Construction Bank and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), over the rapid growth in their loan books. 0 G- j& j$ L- |& d. dTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! h% R% V7 y/ u4 y- d9 a0 R( z
One of the most extreme examples is Wing Lung Bank, which is currently being taken over by Singapore-based Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, which has almost doubled its lending in the last four years as it ramped up its mainland loan book from 8pc of total loans to 40pc by the middle of 2013. 0 h! }) S9 B( w: I+ U
6 z' H' N& ], ?This has helped feed the growth in China over the last five years of the largest and most rapid expansion in credit in history that has transformed the People’s Republic of China into the world’s second largest economy on the back of a construction and manufacturing boom without precedent. * n D+ v; m+ w公仔箱論壇 * D$ ]& @& x( D) G, itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“This is a PRC town,” says one senior Hong Kong-based banker. “A decade ago if you heard someone speaking Mandarin you assumed they had accidentally walked over the border, today you can’t get a good job unless you speak it.” 8 M6 S0 E. O9 [% Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 J: J: ~: v2 g8 I( z
Andrew Scott, professor of economics at London Business School, says the danger to Hong Kong from its exposure to a Chinese crash is clear. “Hong Kong banks are definitely exposed to the mainland through significant lending and are very dependent on the People’s Republic of China central bank for liquidity in renminbi. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: d7 x! I, @' y2 d, _
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“So a real estate crisis in the PRC would have a major impact on Hong Kong bank balance sheets and GDP. Of course, if a PRC crisis meant less Western money flowing into China that would also affect Hong Kong,” he says. 公仔箱論壇9 l- H5 |) y2 w' g: D
6 n( x& b$ P# q E* a6 b/ ~( yTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。The problems of Hong Kong may seem a long way from the UK, but with two major London-listed and regulated banks still big players in its financial system, HSBC and Standard Chartered, what is happening in the territory is of close interest to the British authorities. www2.tvboxnow.com8 o: N2 I' J- G( @
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Last year’s Bank of England stress tests on HSBC and Standard Chartered focused predominately on the impact of a Chinese and Hong Kong financial crisis to the exclusion of almost all other risks. 0 `9 E. _, H$ i; ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb * c, s! v* {, T9 C/ o' N9 Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIn the case of HSBC, the lender was told to model for a halving in Hong Kong property and stock market values, as well as a 50pc reduction in mainland property. : p7 \) L: N$ J) i) g % o, d0 D1 Y0 a$ a- g- [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEven HSBC’s house broker, Credit Suisse,appears alarmed at the storm clouds gathering over China and recently cut its recommendation on the bank’s shares from “buy” to “sell”, warning about the potential unwind of the dollar-renminbi “carry” trade. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。, e0 p& R& ^, s: t# y
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Although neither HSBC nor Standard Chartered are likely to have lent much directly to mainland Chinese businesses the issue is more a question of whether they have lent to financial institutions that have lent to businesses that could be hit hard in the event of a severe downturn. 公仔箱論壇' t) G. ]$ |9 w
Victor Wang at Credit Suisse points out that it is almost impossible to distinguish “real” trade financing from “carry trade”, but estimates that the speculative trading could be worth at least $200bn (£120.5bn). 公仔箱論壇* T; \: o) {- w3 T2 e
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“The biggest risk is that you’ve got a financial sector that is several times the size of the economy and you have to question whether the authority’s ability to step in is relatively constrained,”he says. / M& u) c7 Z: P% p1 R/ Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbwww2.tvboxnow.com7 e0 H1 }0 S7 I! Z: H" I. V
Others are more sanguine about the risks. * j7 W0 |# O- @! E5 h+ _TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 / @% U; j9 Q/ [2 z; |: ?$ Q“The Chinese economy is so controlled they will be able to manage any issues. The idea that the authorities don’t see these problems is ridiculous. If something is happening it is because they tolerate it,” says one Hong-Kong based banker. ! [) L% A i& J2 q: B, Uwww2.tvboxnow.com " Y/ M( Q% f, ?0 J6 N3 m! Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBoom or bust, Hong Kong is in for a rollercoaster ride. 作者: felicity2010 時間: 2014-4-7 12:29 PM
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國企近萬億元（人民幣．下同）短債殺埋身！業績期剛過，本報統計非金融類H指成份股成績，發現平均淨負債率已逼近七成，按年再升5個百分點，不少短債比例更急升，總金額急速飆三成，至9,135億元，佔總債務逾半。分析憂慮，利率改革下內地息口趨升，過往在資金市場佔盡優勢的國企，未來亦難免要在還款及融資上受壓，融資成本將有蠶食盈利之虞，或成為內地經濟信心持續低迷的死穴，股價亦恐跑輸大市。8 N9 b. j7 U% d
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撇除內銀、內險及證券三大金融類板塊後，歸納出23隻H指成份股全年成績表，發現在整體純利只微升4%下，65%H指淨負債比率按年計轉差，平均淨負債達69%，當中六隻股份比率飆逾100%，以電力、資源及基建股最重災，最重債者有中建材（3323）及華能國電（902），比率分別達456%及234%。更令人擔憂是，整體長債輕微上升7%，至約1.1萬億元的同時，短債則勁升31%，大幅推升短債比例七個百分點，至51%，整體債務則增近17%，至超過2萬億元。: r2 j' W- ^' V3 I U# i
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■H股淨負債比率轉差，其中資源企業為重災之一。 + J% t3 ~6 x/ C* A6 g- P3 _TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* @5 h! s2 j, M
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有「基金教父」之稱的交銀施羅德投資管理（香港）副董事長雷賢達擔憂，在利率市場化的前提下，內地息口勢持續攀升，國企還款能力或轉弱，若再遇上銷售不理想，財政壓力就更大，並有機會逐步浮現在盈利表現上。雷賢達又補充指，H股短債急升，或因實際經濟及銷售表現，與企業預期有差距，令到資金流轉不足，要以短債「過日子」，意味財政壓力已經開始浮面。 ( X& {/ Y' L8 {8 m公仔箱論壇 2 A) M1 \$ _1 O( l- c產能過剩 陷入惡性循環www2.tvboxnow.com9 |" M1 Y- |+ I7 |3 a$ I- T
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事實上，H股在短債急升的同時，23間H股總利息開支亦上升18%，至914億元，佔整體負債比例由去年的4.4%，微升至4.5%，反映息口已漸見上升勢頭；另外，有四間高負債H股的利息開支已大於純利，當中去年純利勁減近九成至7.77億元的兗煤（1171），一年利息支出已達17.7億元，較純利高出逾倍。 8 i* H- @% W6 U3 Z7 O ) q, F. q% T7 l: w) Y高負債股越來越重債已陷惡性循環，背後原因是過度投資導致產能過剩，如「負債王」中建材的重債問題拖累股價遠遜同業，過往一年股價下跌14.7%，海螺（914）卻升34.8%，在今年內地經濟下行和去槓桿的大環境下，負債重的國企股難以翻身，恐怕將繼續沉淪。公仔箱論壇' A) l& Y) h3 p! L+ {% v
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國泰君安首席經濟學家林采宜指出，中央要求去槓桿，再加上內地即將出現更多信託、企業債違約的個案，預期今年下半年內地資金成本將會上升，過往在融資上受到照顧的國企，在三中全會的改革藍圖之下，日後在資金市場的優勢將逐步減少，尤其內地有縮減過剩產能的壓力，銀行將抽緊對建材、煤炭等過剩產能行業的融資，上述行業將高危。至於交銀國際首席策略師洪灝亦指，除融資成本趨升外，今年經濟下行，企業盈利增長放緩，對債重國企更為不利。 5 s" V, j% e1 owww2.tvboxnow.com . O- I1 R9 O6 l! {: v! @TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。雷賢達表示，H股高負債雖難言對市場帶來負面影響，但可以想像在未來一段不短的時間，市場仍會對內地經濟重拾動力存疑，令投資市場仍需要時間收復信心。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb @! H7 ^4 Z) ? J; m: U
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