Investors face dilemma as Chinese developers offer bond swaps

Holders told to accept reduced and delayed repayment or take bankruptcy risk

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Recent votes by investors on whether to accept bond swaps offered by beleaguered Chinese property developers have delivered mixed results.  © Reuters

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

HONG KONG -- Investors holding bonds issued by China's lengthening list of distressed property developers are increasingly facing a stark choice: accept proposals to postpone repayment and forgive part of the debt, or gamble on what might be recovered in a bankruptcy restructuring.

The latest developer to present this dilemma to investors is mid-sized Yuzhou Group Holdings, which was due to make a $41 million interest coupon payment to holders of two of its bonds on Thursday.

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