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Oct 4, 2019

Aussie bank Westpac could sell life insurer division; NCSSF of China gets more state shares; NZ Super chief executive bemoans government venture fund being included in its assets; GPIF Hiromichi Mizuno has contract extended six months; Korea's NPS invites bids for risk aggregation services; Singapore's Temasek looks to invest into unicorns, and more.

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Australian bank Westpac is planning to offload its life insurance operations after the bank received interest from potential suitors. Two sources familiar with...

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