verkaufen, und zwar: Alico Japan--AIG. Edison life Incurance--und AIG. Star life Incurance! Das ist zwar angedacht aber noch nicht bestätigt!
03.12.2008 06:02
UPDATE 1-Prudential unit to bid for AIG Japan units -sources
By Emi Emoto
TOKYO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A Japanese unit of Prudential Financial Inc plans to bid for two Japanese life insurers being sold by American International Group Inc, (News/Aktienkurs) three sources familiar with the matter said.
The U.S. government saved AIG from bankruptcy in September with a rescue plan that has ballooned to about $152 billion, and AIG has been looking to sell assets globally to raise cash.
AIG has said it would sell its three Japanese life insurance businesses -- Alico Japan, AIG Edison Life Insurance Co and AIG Star Life Insurance Co.
Gibraltar Life Insurance Co, a wholly owned unit of Prudential Financial, will bid for AIG Edison Life and AIG Star Life, three sources told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity because the bidding process is not public.
The Nikkei business daily had reported earlier that the sale of the units could reach several hundred billion yen.
Spokespeople for Prudential Financial and AIG in Tokyo declined to comment.
AIG has hired JPMorgan Chase&Co and Goldman Sachs to advise it globally on asset sales, while Prudential is using Nomura Securities to help it weigh a bid for the AIG operations, sources said.
A deadline for the bidding has been set for Dec. 9, the sources said. It was not immediately clear whether Gibraltar was the sole bidder or other potential buyers were involved.
(Reporting by Emi Emoto, Nathan Layne and Yumiko Nishitani) Keywords: AIG/PRUDENTIAL
(nathan.layne@thomsonreuters.com; +81-3-6441-1801; Reuters Messaging: nathan.layne.reuters.com@reuters.net)
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