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Dalian Wanda Group

Dalian Wanda Group
Dalian Wanda Group
The latest news, analysis and opinion on Dalian Wanda Group. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
Chairman / President
Wang Jianlin
CEO / Managing Director
Ding Benxi
CFO / Finance Director
XU Chengning
Industry
Consulting & Business Services
Website
wanda-group.com
Headquarters address
Tower B, No. 93 Jianguo Road, Wanda Plaza, Chaoyang District, Beijing, Beijing, 100022, China
Year founded
1988
Illustration: Dennis Yip
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China gets first private-builder dollar bond since 2023

Seazen has withstood the headwinds in the sector and still operates an extensive portfolio of shopping centres in smaller cities.

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China's economic recovery

The mogul and his firm that endured China’s economic tides – when others didn’t

Wanda Group founder Wang Jianlin turned to a ‘light-asset’ model in 2017, helping him avoid the same fate as Hui Ka Yan, the embattled founder of indebted real estate developer Evergrande Group.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Wanda to sell James Bond’s yacht maker Sunseeker to Lionheart

Wanda was once seen as one of the few high-quality Chinese issuers in the junk-bond market thanks to its focus on commercial real estate, as well as its asset-light property-management business.

Property financing

Wang Jianlin’s Wanda unit gets a fund injection from PAG-led group

Dalian Wanda Group, the parent of Wanda Commercial and the country’s largest shopping centre operator, has been grappling with a liquidity crisis over the past two years, and has been selling assets to repay debt.

Banking & finance

Cash-starved Chinese property group Dalian Wanda sells Shanghai luxury hotel

The cash-strapped Dalian Wanda Group sold its luxury hotel in Shanghai to Indonesian pulp and paper billionaire Sukanto Tanoto, at a reported price of between 1.44 billion and 1.66 billion yuan (US$204 million and US$234 million).

Dalian Wanda Group’s Wanda Plaza building is pictured in Beijing, China. Photo: Reuters
China property

Wang Jianlin cedes control of Hong Kong IPO candidate in US$5.3 billion deal

Changes in control of Zhuhai Wanda, the world’s largest mall operator, came after Wang Jianlin’s Zhuhai Wanda failed to list in Hong Kong by end-2023 as stipulated under a 2021 deal with outside investors.

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Dalian Wanda’s Qingpu shopping mall in Shanghai, seen in May 2023. Photo: Bloomberg
Bonds

Wanda unit seeks to delay payment on US$600 million bond due in January

Wanda Properties International is looking to extend the maturity date of a US$600 million bond due in January by almost a year to December 2024, according to a filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange.

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Sino-Ocean seeks 12-month reprieve to repay US$280 million bond as sales slump

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Wanda Group raises funds from stake sale in unit as US$400 million bond matures

Dalian Wanda Group may avert a bond default after reports say that it may use the proceeds from the 49 per cent stake sale in Beijing Wanda Investment to repay a US$400 million note that matured on Sunday.

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Dalian Wanda Group, China’s top commercial property developer, is mired in debt. Photo: Reuters
Bonds

Wanda commercial management unit’s bond falls to record low after S&P cuts rating

Bonds of Dalian Wanda Commercial Management Group, a unit of China’s biggest commercial property developer, tumbled on Thursday after ratings agency S&P Global downgraded its notes for a second time this week.

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A Dalian Wanda Group mall in Shanghai. Wanda Commercial is 44 per cent owned by the developer. Photo: Bloomberg
Banking & finance

China property bonds suffer sharpest three-day sell-off of the year

China property bonds such as those from state-backed Sino-Ocean Group, Dalian Wanda Group and Shui On Land among those sold in the market as debt concerns continue to plague the sector.

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China property

Developer vows legal battle as China freezes US$270 million in shares

Dalian Wanda Group is ‘confident in defending’ against the freeze but faces liquidity concerns following repeated failures by its unit Zhuhai Wanda Commercial Management Group to get approval for a Hong Kong IPO.

Shoppers depart Dalian Wanda Group’s Qingpu shopping centre in Shanghai, on May 25, 2023. Photo: Bloomberg
Banking & finance

Wanda bond prices rise after creditors chose not to seek early loan repayments

Dalian Wanda’s dollar bonds jumped to a new high on Monday after it said creditors of loans worth US$1.3 billion had not demanded early repayments following the failed IPO of unit Zhuhai Wanda.

IPO

Dalian Wanda unit’s Hong Kong IPO application lapses for the third time

The deadline to list Zhuhai Wanda Commercial Management Group lapsed on Tuesday, the Hong Kong stock exchange said, putting parent Dalian Wanda Commercial’s bonds under further pressure.

Bonds

Wanda Group firm’s bonds slide on loan extension concerns, unit’s IPO deadline

Dalian Wanda Commercial Management’s offshore bonds fell this week as investors are concerned about possible extension to onshore trust loans, while the clock is ticking for its subsidiary to launch its IPO.

Dalian Wanda was placed on a watch list by regulators in 2017 along with a few other privately controlled Chinese conglomerates. Photo: Imaginechina via AFP
Bonds

Dalian Wanda returns to offshore markets with US$300 million bond sale

Dalian Wanda Commercial Management is poised to issue US$300 million of high-yield bonds, its second offering in the offshore debt market this year, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Dalian Wanda Commercial Management’s moves in the offshore market come as Beijing tries to shore up its housing market, a key pillar of China’s economic growth. Photo: Reuters
China property

Dalian Wanda unit issues US dollar bond to raise US$400 million

A unit of Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group has issued an 11 per cent US$400 million bond, reversing market expectations about junk debt following a default crisis among indebted Chinese developers.

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China property

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda to open renovated Beijing mall in June

Dalian Wanda Group plans to open a new mall in Beijing in June 2023 under its “asset-light” business model, further expanding its shopping-centre empire on the mainland.

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Anxious to avoid the civil unrest that would almost certainly follow a collapse in the housing market, local authorities are relaxing their stranglehold on the property sector. But will it be enough?

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China property

Wanda forms venture with struggling Red Flag to sell cars in China

Dalian Wanda is expanding its foray into the cars sector with a joint venture that will offer services such as sales and parking. Last month, it formed a partnership with FAW to provide user experiences for owners of the latter’s Red Flag cars.

Hongqi cars at the Shanghai Auto Show in April this year. As part of the deal, Hongqi cars will be sold at all Wanda Plazas across China starting in Beijing on January 8. Photo: AP
Investing

Dalian Wanda’s property management unit files to list in Hong Kong

Zhuhai Wanda Commercial Management’s Hong Kong listing plan came after it had withdrawn a plan to list on the Shanghai bourse despite waiting in line for about five years.

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