American International Group Inc ( AIG ) is rising after the IPO of its Asian unit, AIA Group Ltd, raised a record $17.8 billion on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. AIG sold 7.03 billion shares in AIA, which marks a 58% stake in the company. "The banking sector, mortgages, inflation in emerging markets, deflation here, a mini-currency crisis -- those issues are weighing on everybody's minds."