Asian Fixed Income/Frontier Market Research

Bondcritic

Bondcritic, established in 2009, is designed to be an independent credit research voice that helps investors gain insights and unbiased analyses on Asian fixed income market. Our mission is to discover deep-value Asian high-yield and distressed bonds with a bottom-up approach, together with the help of our proprietary ESG (Environmental, Social Development, and Governance) model. At the same time, we focus on bringing investment cases of unrated and unloved issuers to the general public.

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Independent Asian Credit Research, Bondcritic

Warut Promboon

Independent Asian Credit Research

Credit

Here we summarize frequently asked questions (FAQ) we were asked in our recent press interviews during the past 2-3 weeks on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-evergrande-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:479:1" rel="noopener">Evergrande Real Estate Group (3333 HK)</a> or China Evergrande Group (Evergrande) and our prediction for the bondholders of the EVERRE complex.Our view is that Evergrande is never grand and those who have analyzed the company are not surprised on what happened. Rather, the crisis has involved from investors’ assumptions on Evergrande that evolved from presumption that the Chinese government will step in to support the company on the basis of systemic importance to the Chinese economy. The lesson from the Evergrande saga is similar to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hna-group-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25987:1" rel="noopener">HNA Group (HNAGRZ CH)</a> (HNA)’s where a presumption of government support should not be the assumption.The EVERRE complex prices have dropped to as low as 22 cents on the dollar. We understand there are distressed funds which will see the complex as attractive once the bonds are in the low 20s. However, we do not believe the market really knows the true recovery value of Evergrande based on its off-balance sheet liabilities and account payables, some of which should have been classified as debt. We then see bottom fishing in the 20s as a gamble and cannot recommend the bonds. As such, our UNDERWEIGHT recommendation on the EVERRE complex remains.

Here we summarize frequently asked questions (FAQ) we were asked in our recent press interviews during the past 2-3 weeks on Evergrande Real Estate Group (3333 HK) or China Evergrande Group (Evergrande) and our prediction for the bondholders of the EVERRE complex.Our view is that Evergrande is never grand and those who have analyzed the company are not surprised on what happened. Rather, the crisis has involved from investors’ assumptions on Evergrande that evolved from presumption that the Chinese government will step in to support the company on the basis of systemic importance to the Chinese economy. The lesson from the Evergrande saga is similar to HNA Group (HNAGRZ CH) (HNA)’s where a presumption of government support should not be the assumption.The EVERRE complex prices have dropped to as low as 22 cents on the dollar. We understand there are distressed funds which will see the complex as attractive once the bonds are in the low 20s. However, we do not believe the market really knows the true recovery value of Evergrande based on its off-balance sheet liabilities and account payables, some of which should have been classified as debt. We then see bottom fishing in the 20s as a gamble and cannot recommend the bonds. As such, our UNDERWEIGHT recommendation on the EVERRE complex remains.

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties (1567411D HK)

Evergrande

China Evergrande Group: Never Grand