美国11名议员致信SEC，
要求其阻止中国公司并购芝加哥交易所
继民财经汇导读：据路透社2017年7月10日报道，美国11名议员致信SEC，要求其阻止由中国财信集团牵头的财团收购芝加哥证券交易所。
此前，据英国金融时报2016年12月15日报道，芝加哥证券交易所发言人称美国外国投资委员会（CFIUS）已批准了由中国财信集团牵头的财团收购该交易所的交易。之后，该项收购案仍然需要美国证券交易委员会（SEC）的批准。
以上是继民财经汇导读，接下来是自由阅读时间， 请君随意......
US lawmakers are trying to stop the sale of the Chicago Stock Exchange to Chinese buyers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eleven members of Congress asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday to stop the sale of the Chicago Stock Exchange to a group led by China-based investors, saying the regulator lacks the ability to monitor the foreign buyers.
The proposal to sell privately owned CHX for an undisclosed amount to a consortium led by Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group (CCEG) has drawn attention because it would be the first time a U.S. exchange has been bought by Chinese investors. There are also U.S. investors in the group.
"With little or no insight and transparency into government-dominated Chinese markets, the SEC will be unable to monitor the ownership structure of CCEG after approval, leaving CHX open to undue, improper, and possibly state-driven influence," the Republican and Democratic lawmakers said in a letter to the SEC.
CHX declined to comment.
The SEC, which reviews proposed mergers involving exchanges to ensure they comply with federal regulations and appropriately self-police their brokerage members, said in early June it would take up to another 60 days to make a decision on the sale.
CHX is a niche player in the U.S. equities market, executing less than 0.5 percent of U.S. stock transactions.
Casin Group, a privately held company that invests in real estate development and financial holdings, said its long-term goal is to list Chinese companies in the United States through CHX, which has locations in Chicago and New Jersey.
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which scrutinizes deals for potential national security concerns, approved the planned sale in December, but the SEC still needs to sign off for it to go ahead.
CHX is one of 13 U.S. stock exchanges, including Intercontinental Exchange Inc's New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Inc , and CBOE Holdings -owned Bats.
据英国《金融时报》2016年12月15日报道，芝加哥证券交易所发言人称美国外国投资委员会（CFIUS）已批准了由中国财信集团牵头的财团收购该交易所的交易。之后，该项收购案仍然需要美国证券交易委员会（SEC）的批准。
该收购案曾经在华盛顿遭到了不小的阻力。今年2月，数十名美国国会议员计划要求奥巴马政府对中国重庆财信集团收购芝加哥证券交易所进行国家安全评估，以审查此次收购是否会对美国国家安全和美国上市公司的安全存在风险。
今年的共和党总统候选人辩论中，现美国当选总统唐纳德·特朗普曾经把该项收购案视为美国正在失去国际竞争力的例子。
之后，芝加哥证券交易所主动把收购案交给美国外国投资委员会进行审查。
今年11月28日，此项收购案的具体收购比例公布：中国重庆的财信集团将会收购芝交所39%的股份，但是投票权仅为20%，是所持股份的一半。收购交易完成后，以财信集团为首的中国财团共将拥有芝加哥交易所共约49.5%的股份，交易金额约为1亿美元。
由于美国证券交易委员会规定，禁止任何一家实体企业对证券交易所持股超过40%，投票权超过20%。这种所占股份和拥有的投票权不匹配做法，被分析人士推测为中国财团对芝交所决策权的让步。
截至记者发稿，芝加哥证券交易所网站并未发表通过外国投资委员会通过收购案的公告，美国外国投资委员会也未对此消息进行置评。
美国外资投资委员会是一个联邦政府委员会，由九个政府机构的代表人员组成，美国财政部长担任委员会主席，代表们来自包括国防部、国务部以及国土安全部等，对可能影响美国国家安全的外商投资交易进行审查。美国外资投资委员会此前批准过一些中国公司对美国企业的收购案，但也曾拒绝过数起涉及美国国家安全的收购案。