Four Chinese Tycoons Just Transferred $17 Billion to Trusts

  • Sunac chair transfers $4.5 billion to trust on New Year’s Eve
  • China’s rich rush to protect their wealth as taxes loom
Bloomberg’s Tom Mackenzie explains why Chinese tycoons transferred $17 billion of their wealth into family trusts.(Source: Bloomberg)
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Four Chinese tycoons transferred more than $17 billion of their wealth into family trusts late last year, underscoring how the rich are scrambling to protect their fortunes from the nation’s newly toughened tax regime.