Temasek walked into market minefield last quarter with new bets on Chinese education stocks, Didi Global before July slump
- Singapore’s state investment arm initiated four new positions in Chinese companies, mainly education stocks, plus a stake in Baidu and Didi Global
- These companies suffered among the fiercest sell-offs this year in July when China began probing data security breaches at Didi Global
Published: 11:25am, 17 Aug, 2021Temasek Holdings walked into a
stock market
minefield in China last quarter by putting more money into several Chinese education and tech-platform stocks and disclosing a big stake in ride-hailing firm Didi Global, before they sank in July amid a regulatory storm.
The Singapore state investment arm initiated four new positions in the depositary shares of Chinese companies – 17 Education & Technology, Baidu, Kanzhun and New Oriental Education Technology – during the three months to June 30, according to its
13F filing
with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) late on Monday. It disclosed a US$466 million stake in ride-hailing firm Didi Global following its New York listing in June.
These companies suffered among the fiercest sell-offs this year in July when the Cyberspace Administration of China began probing data security breaches at Didi Global within hours of its NY listing on June 30. Education firms also slumped in July, after the Chinese government widened its scrutiny and slammed for-profit after-school tutoring businesses, sending stocks in the sector into a nosedive.