加拿大皇家银行全球资产管理公司旗下BlueBay美国固定收益主管安杰伊·斯基巴表示，过去几周，对冲基金一直在大量抛售与人工智能建设相关的债务。
Hedge funds have been heavy sellers over the last few weeks of debt related to the artificial intelligence buildout, according to Andrzej Skiba, head of BlueBay US fixed income at RBC Global Asset Management.
“我们看到该领域出现了对冲基金的大规模投降式抛售，”斯基巴周四在接受彭博电视台采访时说。“我们看到头寸被平掉，大量抛售实际上正在市场上进行。”一个规模约5亿美元的数据中心贷款组合已被挂牌出售，这场罕见的拍卖就在民主党横扫美国中期选举几天后举行，而此次选举结果令许多项目的未来蒙上疑问。知情人士称，待售贷款中包括一笔2500万美元的份额，为一个大型数据中心站点提供支持，该站点是OpenAI、软银集团和甲骨文公司在新墨西哥州联合开展的“星际之门”项目的一部分。
“We have seen a massive hedge fund capitulation within the space,” Skiba said on Bloomberg Television Thursday. “We have seen positions being collapsed, lots of selling actually going through the market.”A roughly $500 million portfolio of data center loans has been put up for sale, in a rare auction coming just days after a Democratic sweep of US midterm elections raised doubts about the future of many of the projects. Loans for sale include a $25 million slice backing a massive data center site that’s part of OpenAI, SoftBank Group Corp. and Oracle Corp.’s joint Stargate project in New Mexico, according to people familiar with the matter.
斯基巴表示，对冲基金还一直在抛售媒体和电信行业公司的债务。他补充说，杠杆资金推动了这些交易。
Hedge funds have also been selling debt from companies in the media and telecoms sectors, said Skiba. Levered money drove those trades, he added.
另外，对冲基金一直在抛售科技股。高盛集团大宗经纪部门的数据显示，上个月，对冲基金以至少十年来最快的速度撤离该板块。
Separately, hedge funds have been dumping tech stocks. Last month, they retreated from the sector at the fastest pace in at least a decade, according to Goldman Sachs Inc.’s prime desk.
斯基巴此前曾表示，人工智能对固定收益投资者而言是一场“破灭”。不过，由于该板块利差已大幅扩大，他对持有这些债务变得更加放心。
Skiba has previously said that AI was a “bust” for fixed-income investors. However, since spreads in the sector widened out significantly, he has become more comfortable owning the debt.
彭博汇编的数据显示，投资级科技借款人的债券融资平均成本相对于美国市场其他部分飙升至2003年以来的最高水平。人工智能公司本周一直是活跃的借款人，预计还将发行大量债务，以支持耗资数万亿美元的建设。
The average cost of bond financing for investment-grade technology borrowers soared to its highest compared to the rest of the US market since 2003, data compiled by Bloomberg shows. Artificial intelligence companies have been active borrowers this week and are expected to issue a lot more debt in support of a multitrillion-dollar buildout.
