不良资产投资者盯上FTX客户的被套资金,但仅以面值5%左右价格成交

PanewsPublished on 2022-12-12Last updated on 2022-12-12

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多家信贷投资公司希望从FTX客户手中收购债权,因为客户等待偿还需要数年时间。

多家信贷投资公司希望从FTX客户手中收购债权,因为客户等待偿还需要数年时间。但债权售价仅为面值的百分之几,现在出售意味着要接受巨大损失。信贷投资公司寻求从破产交易所FTX的客户手中收购债权,客户如果等待破产法院的赔付判决,可能需要数年时间。

知情人士透露,众多知名投资公司正在洽谈收购这些债权,包括阿波罗全球管理公司(Apollo Global Management)和Atestor。小型投资公司507 Capital已经从希望快速退出的对冲基金手中购买了几笔债权。出售债权所得可能少于破产程序分配的金额。

作为曾经的加密货币交易所巨头,FTX上个月申请破产保护后,留下了约100万名债权人,欠款达数十亿美元。根据法庭文件,FTX仅拖欠前50名债权人的款项就高达31亿美元。许多人会等待破产程序走完,这个过程可能长达数年,也有人开始接触不良债务经纪商和买家,以求快速脱身。

现在收回资金意味着要承受巨大损失,因为债权售价仅为面值的百分之几。债权收购者则需要耐心等待,才能通过破产程序收回更多现金。

507 Capital创始人Thomas Braziel说:“人人都对这些债权感兴趣,但没人知道他们在做什么。有人居然问我什么是稳定币。”阿波罗和Attestor的发言人拒绝置评。

Braziel在交易此类复杂的加密头寸方面经验丰富,他曾收购总部位于东京的Mt. Gox(门头沟)等崩盘的数字资产公司的债权。但购买基金债权需要十足的耐心:2014年的门头沟黑客事件留下的法律乱局直到八年后才完全厘清。

对冲基金客户

FTX宣称的深厚流动性池吸引了加密对冲基金等机构投资者。Nickel Digital Asset Management首席投资官Michael Hall在上个月的会议上透漏,该公司约有1,200万美元滞留在FTX。波多黎各加密资产管理初创公司Ikigai Asset Management首席投资官Travis Kling在推特上透漏其“绝大多数”资产都被FTX套牢。另一家对冲基金Galois Capital也是如此。

Braziel说基金公司大多都希望及早脱身,而不想应对旷日持久的法庭程序。一些FTX客户也表示希望在年底前完成债权出售,以在报税时进行亏损减记。

Braziel说他以面值5-6%的价格收购了几笔FTX债权,名义价值分别为200万美元、300万美元和800万美元。目前他在就一家新加坡基金经理的约1亿美元的债权进行谈判,并接触了一家涉及2300万美元债权的德国基金。他说这些基金的要价通常接近面值的10%。

不是科学,是艺术

对破产债权未来价值的评估更像一门艺术,而非科学。Braziel说通过粗略计算,你可以对可用的资产和负债有一个大体把握,但巨额回报取决于司法论据。

Braziel在法律策略方面的押注是:美国法院将基于英国信托法,承认客户资产以信托形式持有。他说信托持有的资产将享有优先权利,这意味着其客户有望优先获得偿付。

债权并非都与客户资产有关。一份流传的雇佣合同包含了保证支付后续9年工资的条款。这份FTX US合同签署于2021年8月,流传版本隐去了员工姓名和职位,仅保留签名边缘。合同年薪为525,000美元,且保证每年最低加薪15%,外加奖金。期限为10年,其中一项条款规定,如员工因任何原因被解雇,仍将获得所有未支付的工资,包括年度加薪。

一位拒绝购买这份合同债权的人表示,美国法院不会执行此类条款,未支付的工资在破产索赔中几乎一文不值。

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