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Some US$3.2t of listed Chinese firms exposed to further regulatory shakeup

Goldman Sachs strategists see value, however, in Chinese offshore equities on a 12-month basis, with 8% implied return to their index target

Angela Tan
Published Tue, Sep 21, 2021 · 09:50 PM

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SOME US$3.2 trillion worth of listed Chinese companies, mostly residing in industries such as Internet, education, media and entertainment, real estate as well as healthcare, could be exposed to further regulatory tightening, Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific strategists estimate.

Looking at China's recent regulatory shifts which have wiped out more than US$1 trillion in market value from Chinese equities since their peak in mid-February, Timothy Moe, Goldman Sachs' chief Asia Pacific equity strategist, and Kinger Lau, its chief China equity strategist, said regulation would likely be a continuing and prominent feature of the Chinese equities market for the foreseeable future.

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