Deals
The Five Biggest China Deals This Year — And Five That Flopped
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China’s ravenous appetite for overseas assets is powering a record year for Asian dealmaking, with deal volumes in the region surpassing the $1 trillion mark annually for the first time.
Acquisitions involving companies in the Asia Pacific region rose 55 percent in 2015 to $1.2 trillion. Chinese buyers snapped up premier assets, ranging from the world’s biggest luggage handler to Italian tire brand Pirelli & C. SpA, and accounted for about half the deals from the region.