Ayalon Insists on Managing Combined Pension Assets Post-Altshuler Deal
Translated & summarized from TheMarker by baba
Ayalon Insurance plans to demand control over investment management and brand preservation in a potential deal merging its provident fund operations with Altshuler Shaham's. These demands may conflict with prior agreements and complicate regulatory approvals. The proposed merger involves Ayalon closing its new provident fund operations and integrating them into Altshuler Shaham's business.
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- Ayalon Insurance demands control over investment management of merged pension assets.
- Ayalon insists the "Ayalon" brand be preserved in the potential deal.
- The demands may conflict with previous statements made during the Altshuler Shaham-WINSOR merger.
- Ayalon's provident fund operations, launched this year, would be merged into Altshuler Shaham's.
- The deal's implementation faces potential regulatory and agreement-related complications.
Ayalon Insurance is reportedly set to demand control over the investment management of the merged pension and provident fund operations following its potential acquisition of Altshuler Shaham's business. Despite managing significantly less in provident funds (NIS 3 billion) compared to Altshuler Shaham (NIS 145 billion), Ayalon expects the "Ayalon" brand to be preserved. These demands could potentially conflict with previous statements made during the initial merger agreement between WINSOR and Altshuler Shaham, potentially complicating the resolution of regulatory hurdles.
The proposed deal, which would see Ayalon, a subsidiary of WINSOR, close its newly launched provident fund operations and merge them into Altshuler Shaham's existing business, is currently under review. However, a source within Ayalon indicated that the company plans to impose significant conditions for the deal's implementation, raising questions about whether the new framework for the Altshuler Shaham-WINSOR transaction might encounter difficulties.