复星收购美国保险公司Ironshore

Shares in Fosun International hit a two week high on Monday morning, a day after the investment arm of China's largest privately held conglomerate announced a deal to buy US insurer Ironshore.

在宣布收购美国保险公司Ironshore后，中国复星国际(Fosun International)股价周一上涨至两周内最高点。复星国际是中国最大私人控股集团的投资部门。

Late on Sunday Fosun offered to buy the 80 per cent it does not already own in Ironshore for $1.84bn. It originally bought a 20 per cent stake last year.

周日晚些时候，复星斥资18.4亿美元，收购其在Ironshore尚未持有的80%的股份。该集团去年曾买入Ironshore公司20%的股份。

Shares rose 1 per cent at the open to HK$19.60

周一开盘时，复星股价升至每股19.6港元。

Fosun, whose Chinese name Fuxing means "stars from Fudan University", was founded by four friends in 1992. Since then, it has grown to become one of China's most influential companies with interests ranging from steel and property to tourism and pharmaceuticals and one of the mainland's most acquisitive companies in foreign markets.

复星集团的中文名称取自“复旦大学(Fudan University)之星”的意思。该集团于1992年由4位朋友创立，已成长成为中国最有影响的企业之一。其投资兴趣涵盖各行各业，从钢铁和房地产业、到旅游业和制药业，是中国内地在国外市场中并购最为积极的企业之一。

In January last year Fosun spent 1bn to purchase Portuguese insurer Caixa Seguros and last month it, together with TPG Capital, bought Cirque du Soleil.

去年1月，复星曾斥资10亿欧元收购葡萄牙保险公司Caixa Seguros。上个月，该集团还曾与德太集团(TPG Capital)共同收购太阳马戏团(Cirque du Soleil)。

From Fosun's statement: “The Group has been endeavoring determined efforts in establishing insurance as its core business and developing insurance as one of the key growth engines of the Group. Ironshore's excellent management team will enable the Group to effectively extend its insurance business from property & casualty insurance, life insurance, reinsurance to specialty insurance, and increase the profit contribution from its insurance business. ”

复星集团在声明中表示：“本集团一直致力于将保险业务作为核心业务，并将保险发展成为本集团主要增长引擎之一。Ironshore的卓越管理团队将帮助本集团的保险业务从财险、寿险、再保险有效延伸至特殊险，提升来自保险业务的利润贡献。”