HSBC offloads Ping An stake for over nine billion dollars

Global banking giant HSBC is to receive over nine billion dollars from the sale of its stake in Chinese insurance giant Ping An Insurance, the company announced on Wednesday morning.

Global banking giant HSBC is to receive over nine billion dollars from the sale of its stake in Chinese insurance giant Ping An Insurance, the company announced on Wednesday morning.

HSBC owns a 15.57% stake in Ping An, China's second-largest insurance firm by assets, and is selling its interest to a Thailand-based conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) for HK$72.74bn, equal to around $9.39bn, in cash.

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