While Evergrande paid a $83.5m coupon to international bondholders last week before the expiration of a grace period, the company is having trouble raising funds via asset sales, financial institutions or wealthy friends. Earlier this month, a filing showed Hui committed 500-million Evergrande shares — almost 5% of his stake in the developer — to an entity that's not a bank or a financial firm. One of his associates later pledged a Hong Kong house as collateral for a loan, with local media estimating its amount at as much as $38.6m.