Mirae Asset scraps US$5.8b deal to buy US hotels from China's Anbang Insurance
[SEOUL] South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Monday that it has terminated a US$5.8 billion deal to buy 15 US hotels from China's Anbang Insurance Group.
The asset manager said in a statement that Anbang did not remedy breaches of certain obligations regarding the September contract, resulting in the termination of the deal.
A consortium led by Mirae agreed last year to buy the hotels in US cities, including in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, from Anbang, which had been selling some of its overseas assets after the Chinese government took control of the troubled insurer in 2018.
Mirae Asset said Anbang had filed litigation against it and and affiliated entities in the US last week, adding it denied AnBang's claims.
"Mirae Asset will protect its rights vigorously in accordance with the terms of the agreement," it said in a statement.
The collapsed deal is the latest merger or acquisition at risk as the coronavirus pandemic impacts valuations and clouds the business outlook and funding prospects.
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