According to Thomson Reuters, HSBC, Goldman Sachs together with other foreign strategic investors are holding a total of $ 70 billion Chinese banks shares, most of share are allowed to sell this year. Bank of America may sell most of the $ 20 billion shares of China Construction Bank. Temasek still holds $ 14 billion of all kinds of Chinese banking stocks, while the Qatar Investment Authority holds $ 28 billion Agricultural Banks stocks. If Bank of America, Temasek and the Qatar Investment Authority sell all shares, it will be all together $ 36 billion dollars, which would give a negative impact to the stock market and may even trigger a wave of selling. These selling may greatly impact the IPO market considering china’s Guangda Bank and Guangfa Bank is planning an IPO to raise $ 10 billion in the second half year. Massive stock shares selling may greatly inhibit the investors’ desire to buy new shares.
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