British insurance firm in talks over AIG's Asian arm

British insurance giant Prudential confirmed today that it was working on a deal to buy the Asian arm of embattled US group AIG.

British insurance firm in talks over AIG's Asian arm

British insurance giant Prudential confirmed today that it was working on a deal to buy the Asian arm of embattled US group AIG.

Pru is understood to be planning a record investor cash-call of up to £15bn (€16.7bn) to finance the takeover, said to be worth a mammoth $30bn.

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