HONG KONG: Private equity investors are seeking Chinese companies to take private in the hope they can snap up bargains amid the coronavirus-related sell-off, but the banks that help find such deals are proving less keen to finance them.
Interest in Chinese take-private deals is also rising along with tension between China and the United States, as several companies consider whether to keep a New York listing or move instead to Shanghai, Shenzhen or Hong Kong.
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