China crackdown spooks some Dah Sing suitors

The Hong Kong bank has structured its bancassurance auction to attract the most suitors possible but China’s capital account crackdown has cooled some of their ardour.

Dah Sing’s auction of its insurance operations has attracted a wide range of suitors but a clampdown on mainland Chinese citizens buying policies in Hong Kong is making some of them nervous, according to two people familiar with the matter. 

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