SOFT default of Evergrande

Evergrande is in a 'soft' default scenario where Beijing has sent the provincial government teams to take over the business, lead asset sales, and facilitate a debt restructuring. Banks have been given the green light to allow Evergrande to renegotiate specific payments under certain conditions, eventual recovery for unsecured creditors. In a Western-style restructuring, the recovery value would probably be zero. But based on past precedence, the recovery value is below the trading levels on Evergrande’s offshore bonds, which recently traded at 20 cents on the dollar, or a haircut of 60-70 points on a net present value. The outright bailout of Evergrande doesn't make sense to Beijing that will chop the real estate giant to smaller pieces distributing them only to state-owned companies.
The embattled Chinese property giant Evergrande missed a deadline this week on interest payments to offshore bondholders, entering a 30-day grace period with its $305 billion total debt load with a painful restructuring ahead, leaving the current bond holders deal with the delay.
“Evergrande will be split in four parts: ex-PBOC adviser”: https://t.co/9DX49uH2ZX
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The biggest Chinese developer, after plunging 82 per cent and losing $20 billion of value, sending offshore bonds to distressed levels, Evergrande has run out of cash.
#Evergrande chairman pocketed $8 billion in dividends while forcing employees to lend company cash | Taiwan News | 2021-09-24 10:08:00 https://t.co/4GQ4fk9WZF
— Philipp Kloeckner (@pip_net) September 24, 2021
This week's deadline has come and gone, and cash-strapped Evergrande keeps silent on whether the closely watched payment would be ever done in the next 28 days. What has rapidly become Asia's biggest corporate headache has now smashed consumer confidence in Chinese property investment.
"Evergrande has been frantically selling properties at discounts this year. In late May, it offered certain homebuyers 30% to 40% off if they paid entirely in cash"#bearnstearnsmoment
— Sergio Orjuela (@OrjuelaSergio) September 24, 2021
HSBC and StanChart will face the market meltdown first as they have been those foreign banks with most involvement in underwriting syndicated loans for local property developers.
HSBC, UBS among big banks to have cut exposure to China Evergrande as outlook worsens for debt-stricken developer https://t.co/PH3PLfK2TD
— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) September 24, 2021
Evergrande. Blackrock, HSBC e UBS são quem mais investiu no gigante chinês que está em dificuldades https://t.co/th2wpNQRDF pic.twitter.com/8MOvvX22FK
— Dinheiro Vivo (@dinheiro_vivo) September 24, 2021
1/ Wrt Evergrande, who's the most indebted company in China. With over $300B in debt.
— Pascal Abams⭕ (@PascalAbams) September 21, 2021
A lot of people think they will default, which could cause a financial crisis in China and Possibly Hong Kong. While few think the government will bail them out, just right before they default. pic.twitter.com/KrS2ieDt13