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Regulators derail AIG’s Nan Shan deal

31 August 2010

Government officials have rejected the planned $2.15bn sale of American International Group’s Taiwanese life insurance unit, Nan Shan, to a Hong Kong consortium, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Read more: AIG Nan Shan China Strategic Primus Chinatrust

Government officials have rejected the planned $2.15bn sale of American International Group’s (AIG) Taiwanese life insurance unit, Nan Shan, to a Hong Kong consortium, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission rejected the deal over doubts about China Strategic Holdings's financial...


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