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AIG Raises $20 Billion via Shares, Debt Issue: CEO
Topics:Banking
Sectors:Insurance | Financial Services | Banks
Companies:American International Group Inc
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American International Group Chief Executive Martin Sullivan on Tuesday told investors that the insurance company's recent issue of equity and debt raised in the region of $20 billion, far more than initially expected.
Sullivan, speaking at an investor conference in London, said that the capital raising, announced after AIG [AIG
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AIG's quarterly loss was largely driven by write-downs of assets linked to subprime mortgage investments.
The company had initially planned to raise $12.5 billion.
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