Banking system uses this practice of divergence in reporting bad loans and their provisioning with the hope that those bad loan accounts would turn into standard assets over time. However with the help of this practice, the real financial positions of these institutions are withheld for some...

This note considers the role debt-equity conversions and NPL securitization can play in addressing excessive corporate debt in China, and the corresponding burden on banks of impaired assets. It finds that such techniques can play a role, but getting their design right is critical, as is nesting...