In case you missed it last Friday, click here to read our exclusive interview with one of the leading experts on China’s distressed debt market – Benjamin Fanger from ShoreVest Capital Partners, who has been investing in Chinese bad debt for 15 years.

Last year the Chinese banks disposed of around $258 billion worth of soured loans and working out non-performing loans will become an even bigger theme in the current economic climate.

In the Q&A Fanger discusses:

– how investing in Chinese bad debt differs from doing so in the US and Europe

– his estimates on the size of China’s non-performing loans

– the structure of the distressed debt market and how ShoreVest has navigated it as a foreign player

Read on for a detailed explainer on the intricacies of investing in China’s giant distressed debt market.