Global investors who own China Evergrande Group’s 3333, -12.73% U.S. dollar bonds were in the dark Thursday about whether the property giant would make a key interest payment, a major test of the highly indebted developer’s ability to avoid a default.
Evergrande was on the hook to make $ 83.5 million in coupon payments on Sept. 23 on dollar bonds with a face value of $ 2.03 billion. As of late afternoon in New York on Thursday, bondholders hadn’t received the money, according to people familiar with the matter.