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  "data_version": "seed-0.7 · marketcap-1 · 2026-08-30",
  "source": "https://finance.foundation",
  "license": {
    "finance_foundation_data": "CC BY 4.0 — attribution: Finance Foundation (https://finance.foundation)",
    "upstream_values": "Fields sourced from a provider carry their own source field and remain under that provider's terms — see https://finance.foundation/api/v1/sources"
  },
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  "data": {
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    "name": "AIA Group",
    "legal_name": "AIA Group Limited",
    "ticker": "1299",
    "exchange": "hkex",
    "country": "hong-kong",
    "sector": "Financials",
    "industry": "Life insurance",
    "market_cap_usd_bn": 99.6,
    "currency": "HKD",
    "website": "https://www.aia.com",
    "founded": 1919,
    "description": "Pan-Asian life insurer headquartered in Hong Kong, operating across 18 markets in Asia-Pacific. Spun out of AIG and listed in 2010 in one of Hong Kong's largest-ever IPOs.",
    "identifiers": {
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      "isin": "HK0000069689",
      "figi": "BBG001T6WWK4"
    },
    "market_cap_seed_usd_bn": 85,
    "market_cap_basis": "computed",
    "market_cap_as_of": "2026-08-28",
    "market_cap": {
      "usd_bn": 99.6,
      "method": "shares_outstanding x price",
      "shares_outstanding": 10346644870,
      "shares_basis": "outstanding",
      "shares_as_of": "2026-06-30",
      "shares_source": "AIA Group 2026 Interim Results Announcement, Note 22 'Share capital and reserves' (10,347m shares issued,...",
      "shares_source_url": "https://www.aia.com/content/dam/group-wise/en/docs/investor-relations/2026/AIA%20Group%202026%20Interim%20Results%20Ann_Eng.pdf",
      "price": 75.5,
      "price_currency": "HKD",
      "price_date": "2026-08-28",
      "price_symbol": "1299.HK",
      "price_venue": "HKSE",
      "fx": "ECB euro reference rates, 2026-08-28",
      "adr_ratio": 4,
      "caveat": "Fast-shrinking share count - any figure more than a few months old overstates market cap. AIA cancels every repurchased share: 10,832m at 1 Jan 2025 -> 10,507m at 31 Dec 2025 (291,862,200 cancelled) -> 10,346,644,870 at 30 Jun 2026 (a further 164,338,200 cancelled for ~HKD13.66bn / USD1.74bn); the buy-back is still running, so the count at end-August 2026 is lower again."
    }
  },
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    "founded": "Company's own corporate history / registration record.",
    "sector": "Finance Foundation classification, not GICS or ICB (both licensed).",
    "identifiers": {
      "lei": "GLEIF (CC0) — free to redistribute",
      "isin": "Issuer's own primary listing document; ISO 6166 check digit validated. For a company carried via its US ADR this is the ADR ISIN — see us_listing_type",
      "figi": "OpenFIGI (open standard) — free to redistribute"
    }
  },
  "links": {
    "html": "https://finance.foundation/companies/aia-group",
    "graph": "https://finance.foundation/api/v1/graph/companies/aia-group",
    "sources": "https://finance.foundation/api/v1/sources"
  }
}