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The bancassurance engine was only 69% owned: Maybank pays $1.18B for the rest of Etiqa
Maybank agreed to buy Ageas' remaining 30.95% of Maybank Ageas Holdings, which owns Etiqa's Malaysian and Singaporean insurance and takaful businesses, for RM4.83 billion. Bank Negara Malaysia must approve.
Positive-sum angle: One owner can price takaful straight off a bank's cost of funds instead of splitting the economics. Malaysian and Singaporean savers meet insurance through the branch network rather than a joint venture's margin.