The number of European takeovers fell from 155 in 2021 to 139 last year, according to a report from audit firm EY.
The amount of money being spent fell even further – from $12.4 billion (CHF11.4 billion) to $4.3 billion. The value of the three Swiss takeovers was not made public.
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Switzerland can expect to see a lot more firms coming over from China in the coming years, Dr Liu Jiren, co-founder and chairman of leading Chinese software firm Neusoft, told swissinfo.ch at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Neusoft set up its European HQ in Appenzell in 2009, from where it now runs operations in…
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Switzerland can expect to see a lot more companies coming over from China in the coming years, according to Liu Jiren, CEO of Neusoft.
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To put that mega-deal into perspective, Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in the whole of Europe totalled $46 billion in 2016 (up 90% on 2015) and $48 billion (+189%) in North America, says Baker McKenzie. Last year, China’s HNA Aviation Group snapped up Swiss air transport support companies Gategroup and ST Technics. The Chinese company…
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On Thursday, the Senate approved the agreement 25 to three, with 11 abstentions. In December 2013, the House of Representatives passed it with a majority of more than two thirds. Supporters insisted that the agreement was very important for foreign economic policy as China is Switzerland’s third largest trading partner. In 2012, Swiss exports to China…
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