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Sales of new homes in the US bounced back broadly in March as an abundance of inventory helped drive prices lower.
Hong Kong developer Lai Sun Development Co. is considering options for a planned office tower in the City of London, including a potential sale of a stake in the project.
Germany’s financial regulator BaFin is taking a closer look at the real estate used by lenders to secure covered bonds known as Pfandbriefe, a €400 billion market traditionally considered among the safest in credit.
Taylor Wimpey Plc is failing to see lower mortgage rates translate into higher levels of home sales and is maintaining its forecast for fewer deals in 2024.
Chinese mainland investors increased their portion of total turnover of Hong Kong stocks to a record daily average in April, with the latest measures to bolster the city’s position potentially boosting their purchases.
Sep 20, 2021
Bloomberg News
,(Bloomberg) -- Saba Capital Management, Redwood Capital Management, Contrarian Capital Management and Silver Point Capital are among funds that have built positions in offshore bonds of China Evergrande Group’s ahead of a likely default of the real estate giant.
The four investors are among the credit funds that took a position in Evergrande’s $19 billion dollar-denominated notes in recent weeks, as prices fell to about 25% of face value amid uncertainties over the future of China’s second largest developer, according to people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be identified because the transactions are private.
Representatives for Saba, Silver Point, Contrarian and Redwood declined to comment.
Evergrande is heading for default after the Chinese government told bank lenders last week not to expect an interest payment due on Monday. The company also faces about $120 million of bond coupons on Thursday.
A positive outcome is far from guaranteed for distressed-debt investors dabbling in Evergrande, a company saddled with about $300 billion of liabilities whose debt restructuring will be closely watched by Beijing. Analysts have laid out a range of scenarios that include a total liquidation of the group or a benign takeover by a state-owned enterprise. Banks have also been reluctant to offer credit-default swaps on Evergrande’s debt, making harder for some funds to get involved because they can’t easily hedge against losses.
King Street Capital Management has a position of about $5 million as it explores the investment, a person with knowledge of the matter said. A representative for the firm declined to comment.
Last week, Redwood teamed up with Contrarian, Saba and Ashmore Group -- one of the world’s largest emerging-market credit funds -- to appoint advisers Moelis & Co and Kirkland & Ellis, according to separate people familiar with the matter.
Law fim Addleshaw Goddard engaged with a separate group of the company’s bondholders and is preparing to form another creditor committee, Bloomberg reported last week.
Representatives at Ashmore and Moelis declined to comment. Representatives at Kirkland & Ellis and Evergrande didn’t return calls and emails seeking comment.
Concerns over the developer’s ability to make good on its liabilities are rippling through China’s markets. Hong Kong’s benchmark stock index fell 3.3% on Monday, while Chinese onshore markets are closed for holiday, as traders price in the risk of contagion to other real estate firms. The People’s Bank of China injected $14 billion of short-term cash into the financial system last week to contain investor fears.
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