...very pleased because Shanghai is the first stop of your visit."Mr Obama: "Well thank you."And so on, in a display of diplomatic ping-pong that had one or two of Mr Obama's officials struggling to keep awake. Doubtless more detailed exchanges took place behind...

...very pleased because Shanghai is the first stop of your visit."Mr Obama: "Well, thank you."And so on, in a display of diplomatic ping-pong that had one or two of Mr Obama's officials struggling to keep awake. Doubtless more detailed exchanges took place behind...

Shares in Ping An Insurance and Shenzhen Development Bank were suspended on Monday amid expectations Ping An would increase its stake in the medium-sized...the failed Belgo-Dutch financial group, Ping An has shifted its attention to expanding...

...controlling stake in a Chinese bank to Ping An Insurance, the country's second-largest...for a profit of more than 150 per cent.Ping An plans to pay at least $1.68bn for TPG's...Newbridge, also has the option to take Ping An shares instead of cash. According to...

China's Ping An Insurance reported a 45 per cent drop...of aggressive expansion in its home market.Ping An's profits were virtually wiped out last...larger pay-outs to insurance claimants.While Ping An's profits plummeted in the first half...

Ping An Insurance, the world's second-largest insurer by market...in stricken European financial group Fortis.The value of Ping An's 4.8 per cent Fortis stake has dropped more than 90 per...2007 and early 2008 to become the largest single shareholder.Ping An, which is 16.8 per cent owned by HSBC, earned just Rmb268m...

...almost universally disappointing. Take Ping An Insurance. China's second biggest insurer...dizzy valuations. Since then, however, Ping An has lost 90 per cent of the value of...shareholders had not blocked the deal. Ping An has now joined this fight. Under a revised...

...in Fortis and with a seat on its board, Ping An Insurance might have expected to be...banking operations to France's BNP Paribas, Ping An's chief executive was told about it...workload.A report on the deal was sent to Ping An just over a week ago, in the middle...

...market share of about 8 per cent, in a sector dominated by China Life and Ping An. It has total assets of $28bn and net income last year reached approximately...ventures with local partners or acquiring equity stakes in the likes of Ping An and China Pacific.

...controlling stake in a Chinese bank to Ping An Insurance, the country's second-largest...for a profit of more than 150 per cent.Ping An plans to pay at least $1.68bn for TPG's...Newbridge, also has the option to take Ping An shares instead of cash.According to...