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The price of Bitcoin fell about $4,000 after Iran fired some 180 ballistic missiles at Israel, escalating the conflict in the Middle East.
HSBC Holdings plc’s asset management arm has launched a fund that will help private equity firms borrow against their portfolios, its first such offering as part of an expansion of its alternative credit business.
The fund, which originates net asset value loans, is expected to raise as much as €1 billion (RM4.63 billion), Borja Azpilicueta, the head of global capital solutions for HSBC Asset Management, said in an interview with Bloomberg News. HSBC AM is expecting the fund to make between 10 and 15 loans backed by private equity portfolios, the majority of which are set to be investment-grade.
“We think a lot of the focus on NAV financing is a result of PE moving to a new phase with longer hold periods,” Azpilicueta said.
Net-asset-value, or NAV, lending has grown in popularity in recent months, as private equity firms have struggled to return cash to investors given a lack of deals to exit their investments. This type of funding allows firms to issue debt secured against the net asset value of the portfolios they manage.
“We’re going to have a strong focus on the use of proceeds of these transactions, looking mainly at financing deals to grow portfolios,” Azpilicueta said.
The NAV strategy follows the launch of HSBC AM’s revolving credit facility strategy in November 2023, which invests in revolvers issued to private equity-owned businesses across Europe. HSBC AM’s alternatives business had US$71.1 billion (RM296.24 billion) in combined assets under management and advice at the end of June, with US$6.6 billion dedicated to alternative credit.
Yinson Renewables, a subsidiary of Yinson Holdings Bhd, recently saw the full operational launch of its 97MWp Matarani Solar Plant in Peru.
The plant, located near Arequipa, a city in Peru, commenced its power export and sales in July 2024, and now stands as the second-largest solar energy producer in the country.
The plant, completed ahead of schedule, is designed to generate 260GWh of renewable energy annually, powering around 62,000 households while reducing carbon emissions by over 56,000 tonnes annually.
Besides, it consists of nearly 150,000 solar panels spread over 750,000 sq m.
Meanwhile, a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) is in place with Orygen, Peru’s leading renewable energy provider.
Yinson acquired the project from Grenergy Renewables in January this year.
Grenergy provided a full turnkey EPC contract for the construction of the project and is also providing operation and maintenance service for the first two years.
“The Matarani Solar Plant is a significant milestone for Yinson Renewables, being our first in Peru and the region," said CEO of Yinson Renewables David Brunt in a statement.
“With this plant now fully operational, Yinson Renewables has created a strong foundation that will facilitate our continued expansion in the region,” he added.
In Peru, Yinson Renewables also owns the 130MWp Majes Project, with the first phase anticipated to be ready for construction by the end of 2024.
Matarani is Yinson Renewables' fourth large-scale project to achieve commercial operations, following the Rising Bhadla 1 and 2 plants and the Nokh Solar plant in India.
Droughts, downpours and fires from Asia to the Americas are stoking worries about crop harvests, pushing up prices for food staples that could eventually flow through to higher grocery bills.
The Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index — which includes nine major products — is on track for a monthly gain of about 7%, the most since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent markets soaring in early 2022. While it remains far from that year’s peak, the rally comes as farms from Brazil to Vietnam and Australia battle both flooding and overly dry weather, threatening sugar, grain and coffee.
“We have recently seen a confluence of worse weather conditions that have pushed prices higher,” as the supply uncertainty means buyers are willing to pay more, said Michael Whitehead, head of agribusiness insights at ANZ Group Holdings Ltd.
That marks a turnaround from earlier this year, when food prices were largely kept in check by healthy supply and flagging demand in key markets like China. If the rebound continues, it could feed into prices in supermarket aisles, said Dennis Voznesenski, associate director of sustainable and agricultural economics at Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
The agricultural index tracks the staples used to feed livestock, sweeten beverages and bake bread. Smaller crops like cocoa — essential for chocolate makers — have also rallied in 2024 after shortfalls from West Africa, and weather disruptions sent vegetable costs spiking in some countries.
Wheat futures in Chicago climbed in September on concerns that poor weather in major exporters could further pinch global stockpiles that are already headed for a nine-year low. Australian fields have faced threats from both dryness and frosts, and a lack of rain in the Black Sea region is restraining plantings for next year’s crop.
Meanwhile, soybean futures are set for the biggest monthly gain in two years as top grower Brazil grapples with its worst drought in decades. The arid conditions — which have restrained the early sowing pace — are expected to persist in some areas, forecaster Maxar said in a note Friday. Fires also broke out in the nation’s sugar-cane fields, pushing futures for the sweetener up nearly 17% this month.
Arabica coffee climbed to the highest since 2011 as the poor weather there impacts trees during the crucial flowering period, too. The usually cheaper robusta coffee variety has also been hit by bad weather, making it now almost as expensive. Drought in Vietnam’s coffee belt, followed by heavy rain as the harvest nears, has hurt output in the major grower.
And elsewhere in Southeast Asia, palm oil supplies are tightening as trees age, pushing futures to a five-month high and a rare premium against rival soybean oil.
All that means more pain across the supply chain — from farmers grappling with coffee bean theft to consumers stumping up more for burgers.
Drought across much of northern and central Brazil will likely continue to threaten crops in the agricultural heavyweight, analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co said in a report last week. Plus, traders are monitoring tensions across the Middle East and Black Sea and how the outcome of the upcoming US election impacts trade relations with China, according to Whitehead.
“There’s a reasonable degree of volatility that the markets aren’t asleep to,” he said. “Keep one eye on the sky and the other eye on the politics.”
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