-- 獨立研究機構CFRA向提供了以下研究報告。 CFRA分析師的觀點總結如下：Aegon以20億英鎊（7.5億英鎊現金+15.3%股權）將其英國業務出售給Standard Life的交易是正面的。該交易對業務的估值為2025年預期營運收益的14.2倍（集團平均本益比為12倍），股權估值為1.9倍（集團平均本益比為1.2倍）。 2025年，Aegon英國的營運利潤貢獻為2.19億歐元（佔集團的12%），顧客滿意度貢獻為14億英鎊（佔19%），資產管理規模為2,460億英鎊（佔32%）。 Aegon的英國資產管理業務仍將是合併後實體的策略合作夥伴，合併後的新實體將成為英國最大的退休金供應商，擁有1,600萬客戶和4,800億英鎊的資產。此交易可能使Aegon的帳面價值提升約15%，同時使其2027年的收益減少5%，但所得現金可用於股票回購，進而抵銷每股收益的稀釋。 Aegon將成為Standard Life的最大股東，並獲得董事會席位。這標誌著Aegon英國策略評估的完成，加速了在美國的轉型，目標是在2028年完成公司註冊地變更，更名為Transamerica。該交易預計將於2026年底完成，但需獲得監管部門的批准。
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