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HONG KONG, Dec buy canada goose jacket 5 (Reuters) A conglomerate controlled by Thailand richest man has bought a minority stake in China Ping An Insurance for $9.38 billion from global bank HSBC, a bold move that ranks as Asia second largest deal this year.

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HSBC, which announced the transaction on Wednesday under its canada goose uk black friday recovery plan to sell non core assets, said CP Group purchase was being partly financed by state run China Development buy canada goose jacket cheap Bank.

Dhanin worth $9 billion according to Forbes magazine already has major business interests in China ranging from agriculture to retail to auto manufacturing.

is phenomenal for HSBC shareholders because the bank is now sitting on at least $8 billion in profit, said Jim Antos, an analyst at Mizuho Securities in Hong Kong.

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canada goose black friday sale CP Group has only limited experience in insurance, though. In May this year, it sold out of a Thai joint venture with German insurer Allianz for about $9.8 million.

CP Group could not be reached for comment on Wednesday, a public holiday in Thailand to mark the Thai king birthday.

The Ping An deal is Asia second biggest acquisition so far this year, behind Chinese oil company CNOOC planned $15.1 billion purchase of Canada Nexen.

canada goose coats on sale Founded in 1988 as China first joint stock insurer, Ping An has grown into one of the world largest, with 74 million clients, more than 175,000 employees, and about 500,000 agents.

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Ahead of the Ping An sale, HSBC had already sold about $6.7 billion worth of assets, according to Thomson Reuters data, Canada Goose Parka including its non life insurance operations and retail banking branches in places such as Thailand and Canada Goose sale the United States.

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canada goose clearance sale HSBC sold its stake for cheap canada goose uk HK$59 per Ping An share, for a total of HK$72.74 billion ($9.4 billion). Ping An Hong Kong shares closed up 4.9 percent, beating the Hang Seng Index 2.2 percent rise.

By 1215 GMT HSBC London shares were up 0.6 percent, in line with a firmer European bank index.

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is a state owned policy bank with a certain chemistry with Beijing, so it reasonable to conclude that this Ping An deal has canada goose factory sale received the go ahead by regulators, said Olive Xia, an analyst at Core Pacific Yamaichi Securities in Shanghai.

The Ping An stake, given its size, was an important and sensitive sale for HSBC one that was rumoured to be up for grabs ever since the 2008 financial crisis.

HSBC had spent $1.7 billion building its stake in Ping An, China second largest insurer, between 2002 and 2005. It confirmed it was in talks to sell the stake on Nov. 19.

The deal was personally overseen by a three man team headed by HSBC CEO Stuart Gulliver. The bank group M chief, Stephen Moss, and strategy head John Flint were the principal deal makers, said canadian goose jacket a source with direct knowledge of the matter. UBS advised CP Group, the source said. UBS declined to comment.

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Canada Goose Jackets HSBC also still owns 8 percent of unlisted Bank of Shanghai and 62 percent of Hong Kong Hang Seng Bank, which in turn owns 13 percent of China Industrial Bank.