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BlueBay, Blackrock, Ashmore and UBS exposed to Evergrande -Morningstar

September 28, 2021 by David Barret Leave a Comment

September 28, 2021

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – BlackRock Inc and Royal Bank of Canada’s BlueBay Asset Management are among asset managers exposed to embattled developer China Evergrande Group, while TCW and HSBC funds have closed positions, researcher Morningstar said.

In an analysis Morningstar published on Sept. 24, Morningstar also said UBS Group AG and London-based Ashmore Group PLC funds retained significant holdings in Evergrande debt, based on data current at August-end. Funds run by Fidelity and SinoPac held sizeable investments, it said.

BlueBay told Reuters its holding was “very limited” and that it has been reducing it since August-end. None of the other asset managers provided comment.

Evergrande owes $305 billion and has run short of cash. Some investors worry a corporate collapse could pose systemic risks to China’s financial system and reverberate around the world.

Last week, Evergrande failed to pay interest on a $2 billion dollar bond maturing in March. It will default if it makes no payment within a 30-day grace period.

HSBC Holdings PLC’s asset management division and fund manager TCW exited Evergrande positions in September and August, Morningstar said. HSBC declined to comment and TCW had no immediate response.

Credit Suisse Group AG, not mentioned by Morningstar, sold its entire exposure to Evergrande debt last year, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

Fellow Swiss bank UBS has Evergrande debt exposure totalling about $283 million across multiple portfolios, Morningstar said. Ashmore’s runs to $146 million. Both declined to comment.

Morningstar had earlier noted BlackRock’s exposure had recently increased. In its Friday analysis, it said BlueBay had “gradually started adding”.

“The investment team proactively reduced exposure to the company earlier this year,” BlueBay said in a statement.

Morningstar did not give a dollar total for BlueBay exposure, though the researcher listed two BlueBay funds in its top exposure lists with exposure of about $8 million in July, along with an index-tracking fund managed by BlackRock which it said had about $1.5 million in exposure in September.

Blackrock declined to comment.

Evergrande’s dollar bonds have been tumbling since May when the group was late in paying suppliers. A $1 billion dollar bond with a coupon payment due next week last traded at the distressed level of 27.5 cents on the dollar.

Of the other fund managers mentioned by Morningstar, only T Rowe Price Group Inc – which closed its Evergrande position last year – had immediate comment when contacted by Reuters.

“A period of elevated high-yield default rates may lead to dollar market access being shut for some weaker issuers,” Sheldon Chan, portfolio manager of T. Rowe Price’s Asia credit bond strategy, said in an emailed response.

“This may keep volatility elevated … and present attractive entry points to add exposure to the sector.”

(Reporting by Tom Westbrook; Editing by Susan Fenton and Christopher Cushing)

Source Link BlueBay, Blackrock, Ashmore and UBS exposed to Evergrande -Morningstar

David Barret
David Barret

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