Foreign buyers beware

Emerging markets companies buying western assets must heed the lessons of Cemex and Tata Motors.

The hunt for western assets continues apace for emerging market companies. Last month, China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) announced its intention to buy Swiss rival Addax for $7.2 billion.

If the Sinopec deal is included, the total value of announced emerging markets’ acquisitions of western targets up to the end of June is $52.5 billion, according to Dealogic. Although the final value for this year is unlikely to match the $153.7 billion of 2008, it is on course to match, if not beat, the $104.8

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