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Where does the article say that? It says: "BlackRock, HSBC among largest buyers of Evergrande debt" Those are relatively recent purchases and they were tiny r
by adventured 5y ago
Where does the article say that?
It says: "BlackRock, HSBC among largest buyers of Evergrande debt"
Those are relatively recent purchases and they were tiny re BlackRock -
"BlackRock added 31.3 million notes of Evergrande's debt between January and August 2021, pushing its stake in the company to 1% of the assets in its $1.7 billion Asian High Yield Bond Fund, according to Morningstar."
1% of $1.7 billion, or $17 million.
That's equal to 1/100th of 1% of BlackRock's assets. And they've got $9+ trillion under management.
BlackRock has taken a hit on their equity in Evergrande, which is already largely toast:
"The data also shows that BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has suffered a $95.3m book loss on its Evergrande holding, which at the start of the year stood at just over $111m."
https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/blackrock-vanguard-shareholdings-in-evergrande-plummet-by-more-than-250m-20210928 https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/blackrock-vanguard-shareho...
The Financial Times in late September estimated BlackRock's total exposure to Evergrande at $400 million. At their scale they can take a $250-$400 million loss and shrug it off. Evergrande represents a several hundred billion dollar problem for China domestically, and that's before you get to the cascade risk for their property market (which represents 65-70% of all household assets in China).
- baybal2 5y agoIs it important, or the fact that a megafund like BlackRock makes completely hopeless C rated bonds from a very shady market 1% of their fund? 1% of a BlackRock fund is a megaton of money. Remember, LTCM went down after a few percent sell-off turning into an avalanche. And yes, this below is very appropriate. https://blackrockloveschina.com/ https://blackrockloveschina.com/
- curuinor 5y ago1.7 billion fund to blackrock is nothing to them, shove like 5-10 peeps to it, tops also the vast majority of blackrock's holdings are unleveraged equity
- tedunangst 5y agoIs blackrock leveraged 100x on evergrande bonds?