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Chinatrust to buy Nan Shan Life stake

By Richard Hazeldine in Taipei and Sundeep Tucker in Hong Kong

Published: November 18 2009 09:48 | Last updated: November 18 2009 17:25

Taiwan’s Chinatrust Financial is set to pay $660m for a 30 per cent stake in Nan Shan Life Insurance, just a month after it was defeated by a Hong Kong-based consortium in its bid to buy the AIG subsidiary.

The deal will give Chinatrust, Taiwan’s top credit card issuer, a long-awaited foothold in the insurance market.

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