SHANGHAI: A regional Chinese lender under the spotlight for liquidity strains plans to suspend dividend payments on its offshore preference shares, sending indicated prices on those securities tumbling.
Bank of Jinzhou Co, which was the subject of a government-orchestrated rescue in July, said last Sunday that it’s seeking shareholder approval to halt dividends for the year through Oct 26. That’s after its capital-adequacy ratios failed to meet regulatory requirements.
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