November 17, 2010
The AIA Group has lost a key official less than three weeks after its parent American International Group raised $20.5 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) of the unit. Chris Wei, AIA’s chief marketing officer, had resigned, an AIA …
September 3, 2010
American International Group Inc filed an application with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to list its Asian life insurance unit, AIA Group Ltd, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters Thursday. The application brings bailed-out AIG a step closer …
August 27, 2010
American International Group has scrapped plans to sell a strategic stake in its Asian life insurance business, AIA, ahead of its initial public offering, a source familiar with the process said on Friday. About four consortiums consisting of Chinese investors …
August 27, 2010
Canadian insurer Manulife Financial Corp and Switzerland’s Ace Ltd are among bidders for New York Life Insurance Co’s Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korean assets, sources said, in a deal valued between $800 million and $1 billion. Unlisted NY Life …
August 25, 2010
American International Group is expected to decide by early next week whether to enter formal negotiations with strategic investors for its Asian life insurance business, AIA, sources familiar with the process told Reuters on Wednesday. That AIG has set a …
July 19, 2010
Bailed-out insurer American International Group named former Prudential plc Chief Executive Mark Tucker as head of its Asia life insurance business, AIA, and said it would seek to list AIA on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The abrupt removal of …
June 1, 2010
American International Group said it would not consider revising the terms of a deal for its Asian life insurance unit with British insurer Prudential Plc, in a move that threatens to derail the industry’s largest ever transaction. Separately, Prudential said …
May 27, 2010
A chorus of opposition is growing against Prudential Plc’s bold $35.5 billion takeover of American International Assurance (AIA), with analysts from Singapore to London flagging risks to the deal just weeks ahead of the critical shareholder vote. Many analysts have …
May 14, 2010
The UK’s Prudential Plc is expected to outline divestments of some Asian assets in its upcoming rights offering prospectus in an effort to appease shareholder concerns about its planned AIA acquisition, a source familiar with the process told Reuters on …
April 19, 2010
UK insurer Prudential Plc is under no pressure from its shareholders to cut the $35.5 billion price it’s paying for AIG’s Asian life insurance unit, the group’s Asia CEO said. “At the very beginning, we got a lot of questions …