中國金融企業準備逐鹿歐洲?

All the kerfuffle over Anshu Jain’s departure from Deutsche Bank has distracted attention from a more subtle power shift on the fringes of Europe. From Portugal to Turkey, Chinese groups have quietly been buying up second and third-tier financial services companies.

安舒•賈恩(Anshu Jain)離開德意志銀行(Deutsche Bank)一事引發的種種紛亂吸引了所有的目光，使得人們沒有注意到發生在歐洲外圍國家的更加隱祕的權力變遷。從葡萄牙到土耳其，中國企業正悄悄收購二三線金融服務公司。

In the latest illustration, conglomerate Fosun and insurer Anbang seem to be favourites to take over Portugal’s third-biggest lender, Novo Banco. What next? Could the flurry of deals be a precursor to a big bank takeover? Could Deutsche itself — if incoming boss John Cryan fails to revive Germany’s top lender — be at risk?

最新的例子是，綜合企業復星(Fosun)和保險公司安邦(Anbang)似乎成爲了收購葡萄牙第三大銀行Novo Banco的最受青睞的競購者。接下來會是什麼？這一系列交易會否成爲一筆大規模銀行收購交易的先兆？德意志銀行自己（如果即將上任的首席執行官約翰•克賴恩(John Cryan)未能重振這家德國最大銀行）是否也可能面臨風險？

So far, there are only hints of broader ambitions. Most of China’s big lenders — such as China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China and Bank of China — have been absent from any dealmaking.

到目前爲止，只是有跡象表明中國企業有着更遠大的抱負。中國多數大銀行（例如中國建行(CCB)、農行(ABC)和中國銀行(Bank of China)）都沒有締結任何併購交易。

But there has been a handful of active Chinese buyers, particularly the pair vying for control of Novo Banco. In fact, of the 11 Chinese financial deals in Europe over the past 18 months, Fosun and Anbang accounted for half. They have struck five deals worth more than $2.1bn, according to data provider Dealogic.

但少數中國買家表現活躍，特別是上述這兩家希望獲得Novo Banco控制權的公司。實際上，在過去18個月中國企業在歐洲的11筆財務交易中，復星和安邦佔到了一半。根據數據供應商Dealogic的數據，這兩家公司達成了5筆交易，總價值超過21億美元。

The Novo Banco purchase, though still relatively fringe in broader European terms, would mark another progression in Chinese buyers’ ambitions.

儘管放在整個歐洲來看，收購Novo Banco仍顯得相對無足輕重，但這筆交易將標誌着中國買家在實現遠大抱負的過程中又前進了一步。