Quilter (QLT)

Sector:

Financials

Index:

FTSE 250

143.40p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.30p
  • 52 Week High: 148.20p
  • 52 Week Low: 82.10p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,404.11m
  • Volume: 1,407,102
  • Market Cap: £2,013.49m
  • RiskGrade: 118

Quilter sells life insurance business to SwissRe for £425m

By Frank Prenesti

Date: Monday 05 Aug 2019

LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Quilter on Monday said Swiss Re had agreed to buy its closed book life insurance and pensions business for £425m.
The sale would "further act to solidify Quilter's position as an advice led, modern wealth manager", the company said in a statement.

Chief executive Paul Feeney said the company was "currently minded to return a meaningful proportion of the net surplus proceeds arising from the transaction to shareholders and will consult with them on the most appropriate means of undertaking this".

SwissRe said the deal would add more than 200,000 customer policies and £12bn of assets to ReAssure's platform.

The business consisted of Old Mutual Wealth Life Assurance Limited and its subsidiary Old Mutual Wealth Pensions Trustees Limited and includes about 300 employees.

The transaction will increase SwissRe's ReAssure unit's total policy count to 4.5m and assets under administration to £81bn, Swiss Re said in a statement.

Quilter also reported a 5% rise in adjusted first half profits to £115m.

"Quilter produced a solid set of results for the first half of 2019, as evidenced by growth in adjusted profit before tax with revenues growing modestly faster than costs and a stable operating margin," Feeney said.

"We are focused on making Quilter a simpler, more efficient wealth management business, and the announcement today of the sale of Quilter Life Assurance is a further significant step forward in this regard."

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Quilter Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 143.40p
Change Today -0.30p
% Change -0.21 %
52 Week High 148.20p
52 Week Low 82.10p
Volume 1,407,102
Shares Issued 1,404.11m
Market Cap £2,013.49m
RiskGrade 118

Quilter Star Ratings

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Value
41.58% above the market average41.58% above the market average41.58% above the market average41.58% above the market average41.58% above the market average
37.61% below the sector average37.61% below the sector average37.61% below the sector average37.61% below the sector average37.61% below the sector average
Price Trend
91.49% above the market average91.49% above the market average91.49% above the market average91.49% above the market average91.49% above the market average
91.15% above the sector average91.15% above the sector average91.15% above the sector average91.15% above the sector average91.15% above the sector average
Income
30.92% above the market average30.92% above the market average30.92% above the market average30.92% above the market average30.92% above the market average
38.46% below the sector average38.46% below the sector average38.46% below the sector average38.46% below the sector average38.46% below the sector average
Growth
63.69% below the market average63.69% below the market average63.69% below the market average63.69% below the market average63.69% below the market average
39.81% below the sector average39.81% below the sector average39.81% below the sector average39.81% below the sector average39.81% below the sector average

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Quilter Dividends

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  Interim Final
Ex-Div 29-Aug-24 18-Apr-24
Paid 23-Sep-24 28-May-24
Amount 1.70p 3.70p

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Quilter Key Personnel

CFO Mark Satchel
CEO Steven Levin

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