{"id":102558,"date":"2018-12-27T21:14:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T14:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/new-world-development-unit-buys-hong-kong-insurer-ftlife-in-record-us2-74-billion-deal\/"},"modified":"2018-12-27T22:04:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T15:04:31","slug":"new-world-development-unit-buys-hong-kong-insurer-ftlife-in-record-us2-74-billion-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/new-world-development-unit-buys-hong-kong-insurer-ftlife-in-record-us2-74-billion-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"New World Development unit buys Hong Kong insurer FTLife in record US$2.74 billion deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHong Kong company NWS Holdings will spend HK$21.5 billion (US$2.74 billion) to acquire local insurer FTLife Insurance, in the biggest insurance deal ever completed in Hong Kong.<br \/>\nThe unit of New World Development has agreed to buy in cash the entire issued share capital of FTLife Insurance from Tongchuangjiuding Investment Management Group, in a move to diversify the property developer\u2019s business, the company said in a statement on Thursday.<br \/>\nIn August 2015, Tongchuangjiuding Investment&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/companies\/article\/2179725\/new-world-development-unit-buys-hong-kong-insurer-ftlife-record\" target=\"_blank\">New World Development unit buys Hong Kong insurer FTLife in record US.74 billion deal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Hong Kong company NWS Holdings will spend HK$21.5 billion (US$2.74 billion) to acquire local insurer&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-qGa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143385,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/debt-saddled-lai-sun-development-sells-stake-in-insurer-aia-groups-hong-kong-headquarters\/","url_meta":{"origin":102558,"position":0},"title":"Debt-saddled Lai Sun Development sells stake in insurer AIA Group\u2019s Hong Kong headquarters","date":"April 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A wholly-owned unit of Lai Sun Development Company, a Hong Kong property firm, has sold its equity stake in the AIA Central skyscraper for HK$1.42 billion (US$180 million) in a bid to boost its liquidity.\r \r Source : South China Morning Post\r Read more...Debt-saddled Lai Sun Development sells stake\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":65068,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bank-of-china-unit-buys-three-commercial-buildings-in-hong-kong-for-hk3-billion\/","url_meta":{"origin":102558,"position":1},"title":"Bank of China unit buys three commercial buildings in Hong Kong for HK$3 billion","date":"August 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Bank of China (Hong Kong)\u2019s asset management arm said it has completed the acquisition of three commercial buildings in Hong Kong for a total of HK$3.1 billion (US$396 million), the latest deal involving mainland entities in the city\u2019s property market. 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