China: Kaisa fails to get bondholders nod to extend maturity, risks default

Chinese property developer Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd said on Friday it failed to secure the minimum 95% approval it needed from offshore bondholders to extend the maturity of a $400 million note due next week, raising the risk of a default. 

With the Chinese property sector gripped by an unprecedented liquidity squeeze, Kaisa now faces the possibility of defaulting on its 6.5% offshore bonds due Dec. 7 and drawing renewed focus on other developers also staring at a wall of offshore debt maturing over the next few months. 

Kaisa had hoped to exchange the $400 million 6.5% offshore bonds for