Key Points:
Chinese investors prefer a passive minority interest at
the corporate level to a stake at the assets level or a controlling
stake at the corporate level.
In recent years there has been considerable public debate about
the extent of Chinese interest in, and ownership of, Australian
energy and resources.
In the new Clayton Utz report,
Digging Deep: Chinese investment in Australian energy and
resources, we have sought to uncover the real story of
China's investment into the industry over an eight-year period
from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2013.
Digging Deep provides detailed insight and analysis into:
- The nature of Chinese investors in the
industry – what was the number of investments
completed by state-owned enterprises as compared to private
enterprises and the rate of successful completion of announced
investments?
