Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li’s FWD Group Holdings landed a $400 million investment as part of the Asian insurer’s plans for a multibillion-dollar U.S. listing.

The capital will come via a private placement to a unit of Athene Holding Ltd. , an insurance company backed by U.S. investment giant Apollo Global Management Inc., according to a filing. The share sale will be conducted at the same price as FWD’s planned initial public offering.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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