>>> Zurich m,entionned in Alphaville FT

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This is Zurich Insurance, to be clear. Market cap of $45bn or so .......
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.... which makes the gains worth investigation.
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.... and so far, we haven't turned over much.
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What we can say is that, if there's a bid involved here, it'd be huge .... As in, second or third biggest M&A transaction ever.
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IF ....
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And if there's a bid involved here, the number of interested parties is pretty limited.
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Allianz? Or something Buffett related? Or something Chinese? Dunno.
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Anyway, all we can say right now is that a lot of savvy people are taking an unusual interest in Zurich Insurance. We don't know why, but we'll try to tell you as soon as we do.