9/09/2008

China halts foreign financial acquisitions

At the start of this year, Chinese investors were at the top of a list of saviours for western financial institutions hungry for cash to see them through the global credit crisis.

But, after a string of high-profile overseas acquisitions last year that seemed to herald the arrival of Chinese financial institutions on the world stage, Beijing has turned cautious and has yet to approve any big offshore investment by the sector this year.

(FT)

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