Singapore's Temasek and the Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li are close to joining a consortium led by Franklin Templeton, the US fund manager, that is the front-runner to buy AIG's asset management business for around $500m.
The move by the two Asian-based investors would enable the consortium, which is in exclusive negotiations to buy the insurer's asset management unit, to tap into the vast riches of the region's fast-growing upper and middle classes.
AIG is selling the asset management business, which has some $85bn in assets around the world, to raise capital to repay billions of dollars in government aid.
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