Asia Gaming eBrief: MGM China positions for independence amid parent-level turmoil

Build the firewall before the fire. MGM China is doing exactly that, a Macau gaming lawyer tells AGB, reading Pansy Ho's exit from MGM Resorts and a $20 million mainland acquisition as a deliberate move to ring-fence the Macau operator from whatever Barry Diller's take-private bid brings next. Meanwhile, CLSA cut its …