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| Anbang chairman Wu Xiaohui |
Anbang, which on the face of it is a Chinese insurer, became the flag-bearer of daring-borderline-weird outbound M&A through a series of mighty acquisitions in 2015 and 2016.
This was a theme that probably reached its zenith with Anbang’s out-of-nowhere $14 billion bid for Starwood, the operator of the Sheraton and Westin hotels, which the Chinese group promptly withdrew again shortly afterwards having triggered a bidding war.
Lazard and Citi, advising Starwood, and Deutsche, advising eventual winner Marriott, emerged from the fray baffled but enriched.
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