Industry Segments: Capital Markets Page 14 / 18
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- June 15 2016
Insurance Development Forum begins work in Singapore
Public and private sector participants engaged in eight working groups at the IIS Global Insurance Forum.
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- June 10 2016
Manulife taps yield-hungry Taiwanese life insurers
Borrowing in Taiwan is an increasingly popular option among global corporates as local investors shun domestic debt.
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- June 1 2016
ICICI Prudential prepares Indian IPO
The joint venture has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch and ICICI Securities for billion-dollar public listing.
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- May 20 2016
India to revise IPO guidelines for insurers
The regulator has been working on changes to the existing public offering norms and expects to announce them soon.
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- May 17 2016
China Life to be a cornerstone in BOC Aviation IPO
China Life has committed to invest US$50 million in the public offering of the biggest aircraft lessor in Asia.
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- May 10 2016
Indian insurers lining up for IPOs
ICICI Prudential Life and HDFC Standard Life are expecting to raise a total of more than US$1 billion this financial year.
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- May 6 2016
SBI Life’s IPO now planned for next financial year
Preparations will start by September and the formal announcement could be made by next March.
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- May 4 2016
AIG raises US$2.6bn from PICC P&C share sale
AIG has raised about US$2.6 billion since last year as it has divested its stake in the Chinese insurer.
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- April 29 2016
Willis strengthens HK team with Deutsche hire
Vincent Lien has joined as managing director of Willis Capital Markets & Advisory in Hong Kong.
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- April 22 2016
India’s coming IPO wave?
HDFC Life is set to become the country’s first publicly listed life insurer, potentially heralding a wave of deals.
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- April 19 2016
Insurance shares drop following Japan quakes
The economic effect of the earthquakes in southern Japan has started to surface as the damage is surveyed.
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- April 15 2016
China’s Sunshine Life launches US$1.5bn bond offer
The sale ends the recent drought among Chinese companies tapping the offshore bond market.
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- April 8 2016
China’s first insurance exchange to launch in June
The exchange is part of Shanghai's goal of becoming an international insurance centre by 2020.
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- March 24 2016
Fosun said to plan IPO for Ironshore
Fosun is reportedly planning a share offering for Bermuda-based Ironshore, which it bought in November 2015.
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- March 4 2016
Nippon Life boosts dividend after profits hit nine-year high
For the second straight year, dividends are up by an average of 10% to 15% for its roughly 2.15 million policyholders.
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- March 3 2016
India to list state-owned general insurers
Finance minister Arun Jaitley plans to sell off four non-life companies fully owned by the government.
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- February 25 2016
Mitsui Sumitomo returns to cat bond market
The Japanese major is returning to the catastrophe bond market almost four years after its last transaction.
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- February 22 2016
Zhong An aiming to raise US$2bn in local IPO
The insurance company backed by Alibaba's financial services affiliate is expected to list in Shanghai.
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- February 2 2016
Ping An issues China’s first overseas senior bonds
The US$1.2 billion issuance marks the first senior bond offering from an onshore mainland entity.
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- January 29 2016
Thailand’s life industry to grow at least 10% this year
A government stimulus packages launched during the fourth quarter of last year will provide a boost.
