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ICICI Bank Limited (NYSE:IBN) is India's largest private sector bank and the second largest bank in the country with consolidated total assets of about US$ 95 billion as of March 31, 2009. ICICI Bank’s subsidiaries include India’s leading private sector insurance companies and among its largest securities brokerage firms, mutual funds and private equity firms. ICICI Bank’s presence currently spans 19 countries, including India.

Established in London in 1848, Prudential plc is a leading internal retail financial services group with significant operations in Asia, the US and the UK.  Prudential has been writing protection and savings insurance for over 160 years, and today has more than 21 million customers worldwide and over 249 billion in assets under management (as of December 31, 2008). In Asia, Prudential is the leading Europe-based life insurer with operations  in China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Prudential is one of the largest asset management companies in terms of overall assets  sourced in Asia ex-japan, with ?36.8 billion funds under management (as of December 31, 2008) and operations in ten markets including China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam and United Arab Emirates.