KUALA LUMPUR: Canada’s Sun Life Financial Inc and Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional are in talks to buy the insurance business of Hong Leong Financial Group Bhd, two banking sources said.
The deal, valued by the sources at RM3bil, would allow the Canadian firm to expand further into growing Asian markets while Khazanah would get a strong foothold in the insurance business.
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