Bradley Parks

Wenn du jetzt in Beijing sitzt und einen globalen Dashboard des China's Overseas Infrastructure Project Portfolios schaust, siehst du viele flaschende rote Lichter.

Wenn du jetzt in Beijing sitzt und einen globalen Dashboard des China's Overseas Infrastructure Project Portfolios schaust, siehst du viele flaschende rote Lichter.

Beijing war auf einem Lendenspray und jetzt haben seine Verhörer es schwierig, ihre Steuern zu bezahlen. Also 80 Prozent des China-Overseas-Lending-Portfolios unterstützen gerade Länder in finanziellem Schmerz. Und mit den Grasperioden auf vielen chinesischen Löhnen, die ausgelaufen sind, befindet sich Beijing jetzt in einer unbequemen Position als der weltweit größte offizielle Steuerkollektor.

Beijing war auf einem Lendenspray und jetzt haben seine Verhörer es schwierig, ihre Steuern zu bezahlen. Also 80 Prozent des China-Overseas-Lending-Portfolios unterstützen gerade Länder in finanziellem Schmerz. Und mit den Grasperioden auf vielen chinesischen Löhnen, die ausgelaufen sind, befindet sich Beijing jetzt in einer unbequemen Position als der weltweit größte offizielle Steuerkollektor.

So, I mean, here's the thing. Beijing is not going to stand by and watch its flagship global infrastructure initiative crash and burn. The Chinese authorities have already launched a far-reaching effort to de-risk Belt and Road, and they call it BRI 2.0. Beijing is scanning its global portfolio and firefighting in response to crises.

So, I mean, here's the thing. Beijing is not going to stand by and watch its flagship global infrastructure initiative crash and burn. The Chinese authorities have already launched a far-reaching effort to de-risk Belt and Road, and they call it BRI 2.0. Beijing is scanning its global portfolio and firefighting in response to crises.

So it's refocusing its time and its money on distressed borrowers Das war's für heute. Bis zum nächsten Mal.

So it's refocusing its time and its money on distressed borrowers Das war's für heute. Bis zum nächsten Mal.

Wir sehen immer mehr westliche Verkaufsbanken, Deutsche Bank, ING Bank, HSBC, die in diesen größeren Lohn-Syndikaten mit chinesischen Banken teilnehmen, sowie multilaterale Institutionen wie die Europäische Bank für Reconstruktion und Entwicklung in London. Also, ja, syndiziertes Lenden ist eine Feature, anstatt ein Bug.

Wir sehen immer mehr westliche Verkaufsbanken, Deutsche Bank, ING Bank, HSBC, die in diesen größeren Lohn-Syndikaten mit chinesischen Banken teilnehmen, sowie multilaterale Institutionen wie die Europäische Bank für Reconstruktion und Entwicklung in London. Also, ja, syndiziertes Lenden ist eine Feature, anstatt ein Bug.

In Beldum Road 2.0 ist etwa 50 Prozent des Projektlohnportfolios jetzt durch Syndikate vorhanden.

In Beldum Road 2.0 ist etwa 50 Prozent des Projektlohnportfolios jetzt durch Syndikate vorhanden.

The so-called good borrowers are not governments, you know, because there's so much debt distress in the developing world. So what's happening is big Chinese state-owned companies are first securing loans from Chinese state-owned commercial banks. Then they're saying, I'm going to issue a subsidiary loan to the government of Nicaragua, as an example.

The so-called good borrowers are not governments, you know, because there's so much debt distress in the developing world. So what's happening is big Chinese state-owned companies are first securing loans from Chinese state-owned commercial banks. Then they're saying, I'm going to issue a subsidiary loan to the government of Nicaragua, as an example.

And so when the company essentially becomes the bank, they want extra money. ... in place. They're doubling up or tripling up on safeguards. And they're saying, look, cash collateral is not enough. I need that. Plus, I need you, the borrower, to buy a credit insurance policy. And that additional credit insurance policy might be worth 5 to 7 percent of the nominal value of the loan.

And so when the company essentially becomes the bank, they want extra money. ... in place. They're doubling up or tripling up on safeguards. And they're saying, look, cash collateral is not enough. I need that. Plus, I need you, the borrower, to buy a credit insurance policy. And that additional credit insurance policy might be worth 5 to 7 percent of the nominal value of the loan.

So the price of debt is going up for borrowers in the developing world.

So the price of debt is going up for borrowers in the developing world.

We are seeing a marked shift towards projects that are focused on the extraction and export of a small set of critical minerals that are necessary to fuel the clean energy transition. So we're talking about copper, cobalt, lithium, rare earth minerals and a couple of others. So that is a key feature of Belt and Road 2.0.

We are seeing a marked shift towards projects that are focused on the extraction and export of a small set of critical minerals that are necessary to fuel the clean energy transition. So we're talking about copper, cobalt, lithium, rare earth minerals and a couple of others. So that is a key feature of Belt and Road 2.0.