Barbara Kollmeyer is based in Madrid, where she leads MarketWatch's pre-markets coverage of financial markets and writes the Need to Know column. She has worked in London and Los Angeles for MarketWatch previously. Follow her on Twitter @bkollmeyer.
Troubled Chinese property developer Country Garden Holdings Co. 2007, -1.41% has been declared in default on a dollar bond, missing a $15.4 million interest payment that was due following the expiration of a grace period, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The report cited a notice to holders of trustee Citicorp International Ltd. that said the missed payment constituted “an event of default.” The payment was originally due Sept.
17, then a 30-day grace period was given, which the developer missed. Citicorp’s parent Citigroup declined to comment to Bloomberg, while Country Garden didn’t respond to a request for comment. A Country Garden official told Bloomberg last week that the developer would not be able to make all of its offshore payment obligations in a timely manner. The Hang Seng HSI, +0.96% rose 1.2% and China’s CSI 300 000300, +0.67% rose 0.6% on Tuesday.
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