Articles by Gillian Tan, Crystal Tse and Katie Roof

Online Used Car Retailer Shift Talking Merger With Insurance Acquisition

Shift Technologies Inc., an online retailer for used cars, is in talks to merge with blank-check company Insurance Acquisition Corp., according to people familiar with the matter. The companies could announce a transaction within a month, said the people, who …

IPO for Ping An’s OneConnect Cut in Half

China-based cloud fintech platform OneConnect Financial Technology Co. cut its planned U.S. initial public offering set for Thursday by almost half. The company, one of several Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. businesses backed by SoftBank Group Corp., said in a …

AIG Sells Entire Stake in China’s PICC Group at a Discount

American International Group Inc. bought into the People’s Insurance Co. (Group) of China Ltd. as a cornerstone investor in its initial public offering more than six years ago. Since that time — early December 2012 — Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang …

China’s Biggest Insurer, Ping An, Plans $2B IPO of Health Tech Unit

Ping An Insurance Group Co., China’s biggest insurer by market value, is planning a Hong Kong initial public offering of its health-care technology unit that could raise about $2 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said. A listing of …

Swiss Re-Backed Insurer FWD Weighs IPO in Hong Kong

Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li is laying the groundwork for a potential initial public offering of his insurance company FWD Group after five years of building the business through acquisitions, people familiar with the matter said. The company, which is …

SoftBank Plans $400M Investment in Ping An’s Health-Care Portal: Sources

SoftBank Group Corp. is nearing a deal to invest about $400 million in Ping An Insurance (Group) Co.’s health-care portal ahead of the Chinese company’s initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Ping An unit, known …

Chinese Insurer ZhongAn Initiates $1.5 Billion Hong Kong IPO

ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Co., China’s largest online insurer, started taking orders for a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise as much as $1.5 billion. The Shanghai-based company is offering 199.3 million new shares at HK$53.70 to HK$59.70 …