Goldman Sachs is to join Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank as the lead banks for the planned $12bn-$15bn Hong Kong listing of AIA, the Asian businesses of AIG, according to people close to the situation.
Morgan and Deutsche were the joint global co-ordinators in the original listing process for AIA, which was canned in March when Prudential of the UK won an agreement with AIG to buy the Asian businesses for $35.5bn.
Since that deal fell apart in June, the stricken US insurer has been working to resurrect the initial public offering of AIA. Its plans were given a boost this week when it announced that Mark Tucker, former chief executive of Prudential, was to take over as chairman and chief executive of the Asian group.