China wants almost everything Canada has to offer -- except its banks.

　　幾乎加拿大提供的一切資源中國都想要，不過它的銀行服務除外。

　　That is odd. China craves Canada's oil, natural gas, rare-earth metals and potash. Canada's resources also include 1.4 million Chinese-Canadians with plenty of guanxi, the personal relationships that grease the wheels of business in China. And Canada's banks have a solid reputation after coming through the financial crisis relatively unscathed.

　　這一點很奇怪。中國渴望得到加拿大的石油、天然氣、稀土金屬和碳酸鉀等。此外，加拿大資源還包括140萬有著多種“關系”的加籍華人，他們可利用自己的人際關系推動在華業務順利進行。而在經歷了金融危機這場暴風雨之后，加拿大銀行業相對來說可謂是安然無恙，從而為自己樹立了可靠的聲譽。

　　Meanwhile, China's resource-hungry state-owned enterprises have spent more than $10 billion on deals in Canada's energy and mining sectors in the past 18 months, according to the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. China Investment Corp., a sovereign wealth fund, announced plans in January to set up its first overseas office -- in Toronto. And Canada last year was second to Brazil for completed Chinese mergers and acquisitions abroad, according to Dealogic.

　　據加拿大亞太基金會(Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada)的統計，中國渴求資源的國有企業在過去一年半里，對加拿大能源和礦業產業交易已投資逾100億美元。主權財富基金中國投資有限責任公司今年1月宣布，計劃在多倫多建立第一個海外辦事處。數據提供商Dealogic透露，中國去年已完成的海外并購從金額上看，加拿大排名第二，僅次于巴西。

　　Yet Canadian banks are largely conspicuous by their absence when it comes to deals involving Chinese companies.

　　然而，當交易涉及到中國企業時，加拿大銀行業卻因缺席而頗為惹人注意。

　　In 2010, Bank of Nova Scotia ranked ninth in overall Chinese-outbound M&A. That was due to a single, large deal. You have to scroll right down the rankings to No. 59 to find the next Canadian bank, Royal Bank of Canada, which advised on two deals worth less than $1 billion in aggregate. So far this year, RBC ranks fifth, courtesy of advising Canada's Encana Corp. on its $5.4 billion investment in a natural-gas joint venture with PetroChina.

　　2010年中國海外并購活動銀行賺取的咨詢費排名中，加拿大豐業銀行(Bank of Nova Scotia)位列第九，而這是源于一筆單獨的大規模交易。在這個排行榜上，下一個出現的加拿大銀行是加拿大皇家銀行(Royal Bank of Canada)，位列第59，它為兩筆總計不超過10億美元的交易提供了咨詢服務。不過今年截至目前，加拿大皇家銀行的排名是第五位，原因是它為加拿大能源公司(Encana Corp.)斥資54億美元與中國石油天然氣股份有限公司(PetroChina)建立天然氣合資企業提供了咨詢服務。

　　Outside advising Canadian clients who own the assets China wants, there is little evidence Canada's banks have built up the corporate connections needed to create a sustained M&A-advisory business in China.

　　除為那些擁有中國企業希望收至囊中的資產的加拿大客戶提供咨詢外，鮮有證據表明，加拿大銀行業已建立了中國并購活動持續咨詢業務所需的企業聯系。

　　Part of the problem is a lack of cross-border understanding. RFP Co., a boutique consultancy in Hong Kong, says only six of 70 top executives at the big Canadian banks have any experience living in Asia.

　　這其中的部分原因是雙方缺乏理解。香港專業咨詢公司RFP Co.說，加拿大知名銀行的70位高管中，只有六位有亞洲的生活經歷。

　　China's state-owned enterprises tend to favor their own banks or bulge-bracket brands like Goldman Sachs. Relevant expertise, such as mining professionals or geologists on staff, appears to count for less, according to Canadian bankers based in Asia.

　　中國國有企業一般喜歡中資銀行或高盛集團(Goldman Sachs)等全球知名投行為自己提供咨詢服務。駐亞洲的加拿大銀行業人士表示，相關的專長，比如說擁有礦業方面的專業人員或地質學家之類的員工，對于中國國有企業來說似乎不怎么重要。

　　Canada's big five -- Bank of Nova Scotia, RBC, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto-Dominion Bank and Bank of Montreal -- do have businesses in China. So far, though, these operations have focused more on wealth management and insurance. Their investment-banking units have tended to focus on deals involving U.S. companies -- understandable, given that 86% of Canadian deals in 2010 involved only Canadians and Americans, according to a recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

　　加拿大豐業銀行、加拿大皇家銀行、加拿大帝國商業銀行(Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce)、多倫多道明銀行(Toronto-Dominion Bank)和蒙特利爾銀行(Bank of Montreal)這五個加拿大銀行巨頭都在中國有分支機構。不過到目前為止，這些機構所做的業務更側重于理財和保險，而其投資銀行部門的業務重點一般是涉及美國企業的交易──鑒于普華永道(PricewaterhouseCoopers)最近的一份報告顯示，2010年86%的加拿大交易涉及的僅為加拿大和美國企業，這一點不難理解。

　　China has spotted Canada's potential: Chinese acquisition activity in Canada last year was up 392% from the prior peak in 2007, according to PwC. The question for Canadian banks is whether they can mine China's interest for sustainable advisory fees.

　　中國已找到了加拿大的潛力所在。普華永道表示，去年中國在加拿大的并購活動較2007年的峰值增加了392%。對于加拿大銀行業來說，現在的問題是，它們能否挖掘中國企業對自己的興趣并賺到可持續的咨詢費。