China's US$246b foreign buying spree is unravelling
Chinese dealmakers are struggling to cope with tighter capital controls and increasingly wary counterparties
London
CHINA'S biggest-ever foreign acquisition frenzy is ending almost as dramatically as it began.
After stunning the world with a record US$246 billion of announced outbound takeovers in 2016, Chinese dealmakers are now struggling to cope with tighter capital controls and increasingly wary counterparties. Cross-border purchases plunged 67 per cent during the first four months of this year, the biggest drop for a comparable period since the depths of the global financial crisis in 2009, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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