美国外国投资委员会放行中资收购芝加哥股票交易所

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)发言人表示，美国外国投资委员会(Cfius)已批准了一家由中国重庆财信企业集团(Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group)牵头的财团收购该交易所的交易。

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.

美国外国投资委员会有权叫停任何破坏美国国家安全的交易。这一首起由中国企业领衔的财团收购美国交易所的交易，接下来还需要美国证交会(SEC)的审核批准。芝加哥股票交易所主动把该收购案提交至美国外国投资委员会审议。

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月对外披露的这笔交易，其逻辑在于为中国企业提供一条在美上市渠道，并为中国投资者购买美国上市股票打开大门。

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.

该交易在华盛顿遇到了一些阻碍，在之前一场共和党总统候选人辩论中，当时身为提名候选人的唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)援引了该收购案，把它视为美国正在失去国际竞争力的例子。

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.

收购之后，中方投资者将获得该交易所49.5%的股权。其他股东包括AS Roma总裁兼董事长、波士顿凯尔特人队(Boston Celtics)共同所有人詹姆斯•帕洛塔(James Palotta)执掌的私人投资公司Raptor，和位于芝加哥的期权技术公司LiquidPoint的前首席执行官安东尼•萨利巴(Anthony Saliba)创立的私人公司Saliba。

Officials for Cfius could not be immediately reached for comment.

记者无法立即联系到美国外国投资委员会的官员置评。