A Hong Kong Court is due to hear applications on Monday to wind up the world's most indebted developer in what may be one of the biggest and most complex liquidation cases ever.

Move to relax lending rules seen as unlikely to have a significant impact because banks won't lend to private developers unless they're forced to, analysts say

The group owns more than $2 billion in offshore notes guaranteed by the real estate firm which faces $300bn in liabilities

Japan’s central bank signalled it could begin phasing out its huge stimulus programme but refused to reveal a timetable

China's regulator told some fund managers they need to launch at least four equity funds before they open any new bond fund, in hopes of propping up the stock market

Tumbling confidence sparked by the deepening property crisis and weakening consumption have seen a REITs index drop nearly 50% from an early 2022 peak

China's central bank is under pressure to cut rates at a time it faces falling prices, which may discourage private investment and spending; experts say structural reforms are needed

Regulators have ordered local government funding vehicles to stop issuing 364-day offshore bonds, which were undertaken via a loophole last year

News that police have detained the vice-chairman of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle sent shares of the unit and its embattled parent company sliding again on Monday

Two of China's biggest state-owned banks and a leading joint-stock bank have stepped up reviews of smaller lenders, as debts from the intensifying property crisis hit the financial sector

The top six home sellers last year were all state-owned or state-backed developers, according to a private real estate survey

The deficit is lower than 2023's revised 3.8% target, but the option to issue off-budget debt of $140 billion provides flexibility to step up stimulus to maintain stable economic growth