HSBC to buy Swiss Life stake

Banking giant HSBC has agreed to pay €228.75 million to buy Swiss Life's 50

Banking giant HSBC has agreed to pay €228.75 million to buy Swiss Life's 50.01 per cent stake of a French insurance joint venture.

HSBC said today it was buying Swiss Life out of Erisa - a joint venture to offer life insurance products through HSBC's banking network in France - and Erisa IARD, a venture to provide property and casualty insurance.

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