The Chinese financial services group that recently acquired New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel has turned to the Netherlands for its latest deal, taking control of an insurer owned by the Dutch state.
In the latest sign of growing interest among Chinese institutions in the European financial industry, Beijing-based Anbang Insurance Group has agreed to buy and recapitalise Vivat as part of a transaction worth as much as €1.7bn.
Vivat is the insurance arm of the Utrecht-based financial services group SNS Reaal, which ran into trouble after property loans turned sour and was nationalised two years ago in a €3.7bn rescue.
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