The author is Michael Werner, senior research analyst covering the Chinese and Hong Kong banks at Sanford Bernstein & Co. During the first half of 2013, a number of Chinese banks reported sharp increases in their exposures to trust assets, either directly on their balance sheet or indirectly via collateral used for short-term resale transactions. […]

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