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Chinese authorities are considering a plan to assist China Vanke in covering a funding shortfall of about RMB 50bn ($6.84bn) this year. Regulators intend to allocate RMB 20bn ($2.74bn) in special local government bonds to buy unsold properties and vacant land from Vanke. The proposal aligns with Vanke’s intention to “go all out” to raise funds for the repayment of $4.9bn in overall debt maturing throughout the year. This comes in addition to support secured by Vanke of up to RMB 2.8bn ($380mn) from its largest state shareholder, Shenzhen Metro Group. Bloomberg reports that Vanke will be allowed to tap other financing sources such as new bond sales and bank loans for its debt payments, but details are still unclear. Vanke was recently downgraded by a notch to Caa1 from B3 by Moody’s, marking its second downgrade by the rating agency this year.
Vanke’s dollar bonds moved higher by 2 points yesterday, and have now pulled back. Its 3.5% 2029s are trading at 65.7 cents on the dollar.
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