美國外國投資委員會放行中資收購芝加哥股票交易所
The Chicago Stock Exchange has won approval for a takeover deal by a consortium led by China’s Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US, or Cfius, a spokesman for the Chicago exchange said.
芝加哥股票交易所(Chicago Stock Exchange)發言人表示，美國外國投資委員會(Cfius)已批准了一家由中國重慶財信企業集團(Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group)牽頭的財團收購該交易所的交易。
Cifius has the power to block any deal that jeopardises US national security. The transaction, the first time that a Chinese-led group acquired a US bourse, still needs the green light from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Chicago exchange voluntarily submitted it for review by Cfius
美國外國投資委員會有權叫停任何破壞美國國家安全的交易。這一首起由中國企業領銜的財團收購美國交易所的交易，接下來還需要美國證交會(SEC)的審覈批准。芝加哥股票交易所主動把該收購案提交至美國外國投資委員會審議。
The rationale for the deal, revealed in February, is to provide a way for Chinese companies to list in the US as well as open the door for Chinese investors to buy US-listed shares.
今年2月對外披露的這筆交易，其邏輯在於爲中國企業提供一條在美上市渠道，併爲中國投資者購買美國上市股票打開大門。
It was met with some pushback Washington and in a Republican presidential debate, Donald Trump, at the time a candidate for nomination, also cited the stock exchange takeover as an example of how America was losing its international competitiveness.
該交易在華盛頓遇到了一些阻礙，在之前一場共和黨總統候選人辯論中，當時身爲提名候選人的唐納德.特朗普(Donald Trump)援引了該收購案，把它視爲美國正在失去國際競爭力的例子。
Chinese investors are set to own 49.5 per cent of the exchange after the purchase. Other owners would include Raptor, a private investment company of James Palotta, the president and chairman of AS Roma and a co-owner of the Boston Celtics, and Saliba, a private company of Anthony Saliba, the former chief executive of LiquidPoint, a Chicago-based options technology company.
收購之後，中方投資者將獲得該交易所49.5%的股權。其他股東包括AS Roma總裁兼董事長、波士頓凱爾特人隊(Boston Celtics)共同所有人詹姆斯.帕洛塔(James Palotta)執掌的私人投資公司Raptor，和位於芝加哥的期權技術公司LiquidPoint的前首席執行官安東尼.薩利巴(Anthony Saliba)創立的私人公司Saliba。
Officials for Cfius could not be immediately reached for comment.
記者無法立即聯繫到美國外國投資委員會的官員置評。
