Standard Life Plc, Scotland’s largest insurer, agreed to acquire Aberdeen Asset Management Plc for about 3.8 billion pounds ($4.7 billion), creating one of Europe’s biggest fund managers. Under the terms, which remain the same since talks were first revealed on …
AllianceBernstein Holding LP became another victim of the hedge fund rout when American International Group Inc. decided to wind down a six-year relationship with the asset manager. AIG was the ” most significant” driver of outflows last month as the …
AXA SA, France’s largest insurer, said it will stop investing in tobacco and divest all of its 1.8 billion euros ($2 billion) of assets in the industry. AXA will sell about 200 million euros of stock in tobacco companies and …
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., Japan’s second-largest non-life insurer, is seeking to expand in Southeast Asia as Japan’s shrinking population erodes its domestic market. The insurer plans to expand in life insurance, automobile coverage, reinsurance and asset management, President Tsuyoshi Nagano …
Ameriprise Financial Inc is in advanced talks to buy most of ING Group’s asset management business in Asia, Bloomberg reported, citing two people with knowledge of the matter. The companies are still negotiating on price and an announcement may come …
