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It was approved by shareholders in March but still awaits regulatory approval. But Ping An might reduce the size of the fund-raising because of regulatory concerns that the market cannot finance such a large offering.
The amount of capital is probably too big for the acquisition of a rival domestic insurer or asset manager, so there was speculation that the target would be an insurer or bank in a similar foreign market.
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