Improving net interest margins are seen as giving authorities some space to use monetary stimulus to bolster the economy's flat growth

PricewaterhouseCoopers had been Evergrande’s auditor since 2009 — when the developer listed in Hong Kong — and resigned from that position in January last year

The Nikkei 225 was up 0.92% at the close in Tokyo on Friday, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong jumped by 2.4%, and stocks in Australia and India were also boosted

Banks extended 4.92 trillion yuan ($683.7 billion) in new yuan loans in January, up sharply from December, new PBOC data showed

Country Garden, Sunac China, Greenland, CIFI and SCE Group have all had some of their projects listed as being suitable for bank loans

Figures showed price rises across 100 cities, signalling the decline in China's property sector may be slowing

Three big cities have eased home-buying curbs, while first loans have been approved for projects on official 'white-lists', amid moves to bolster the real estate sector after court orders liquidation of debt-laden China Evergrande

A multitude of factors such as social stability and impacts on the property market will be at play when Chinese courts decide on whether to accept the Hong Kong court's ruling on the debt-laden developer

The verdict in Hong Kong came as no surprise. Analysts are now anxious to see how courts on the mainland react to this outcome, and what impact it will have on moves to rev up the economy

The move “will help accelerate a reduction of housing inventory and promote activity of the property market," one analyst said

A Hong Kong Court is due to hear applications on Monday to wind up the world's most indebted developer in what may be one of the biggest and most complex liquidation cases ever.

Move to relax lending rules seen as unlikely to have a significant impact because banks won't lend to private developers unless they're forced to, analysts say