October 19, 2015
State-owned Japan Post on Monday set prices for separate initial public offerings of its bank and insurance arms at the top of their ranges, indicating strong demand from retail investors for businesses valued at a combined $65 billion. In what …
March 31, 2015
Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings has sold half of its 5.8 percent stake in Bank of Ireland for more than triple what it paid for it in 2011, a source with knowledge of the deal said, pushing the share price down …
December 1, 2014
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China’s second-largest insurer, said it will raise HK$36.8 billion ($4.75 billion) in Hong Kong’s biggest share sale in almost two years to replenish equity and working capital. The company will sell 594 million new H …
November 13, 2014
ING Groep NV plans to sell shares of its former U.S. insurance unit, Voya Financial Inc., reducing the bank’s stake to 19 percent from about 32.5 percent. ING, the biggest Dutch bank, is selling 34.5 million shares in New York-based …
September 3, 2014
ING Groep NV, the biggest Dutch bank, gained in Amsterdam trading after it said it will reduce its stake in a former U.S. insurance unit, Voya Financial Inc., to about 32 percent by selling about $1.2 billion of shares. ING …
February 27, 2014
RSA Insurance Group Plc confirmed reports that it plans to raise £775 million ($1.3 billion) in a share sale and scrapped its final dividend to replenish capital depleted by a scandal at its Irish unit and appease bond-rating companies. The …
November 20, 2012
The Netherland’s based ING Groep NV has agreed to a deal with European regulators on when it will repay the remaining €3 billion ($3.84 billion) it still owes in state aid. The bank, which fell afoul of EU laws when …
October 2, 2012
Stockbrokers involved in the planned stock market listing of British insurer Direct Line reported good interest from private investors in London’s first big retail share offering for six years, although some potential investors are unconvinced. “The appetite has been really …
May 25, 2011
of American International Group Inc. fell 3.6 percent Wednesday after the insurer and the U.S. Treasury sold $8.7 billion worth of AIG stock. The Treasury sold 200 million shares, reducing its stake in the company to 77 percent from 92 …
January 19, 2011
American International Group (AIG) chose Bank of America , Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., to manage the sale of the government’s 92 percent stake in the insurer, a person familiar with the situation …