M&A Deal Summary

Empower Retirement Acquires Prudential Financial - Full-Service Retirement Business

On July 21, 2021, Empower Retirement acquired business services company Prudential Financial - Full-Service Retirement Business from Prudential Financial for 3.6B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Empower Retirement’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Empower Retirement’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Empower Retirement’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Empower Retirement’s 1st transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-07-21
Target Prudential Financial - Full-Service Retirement Business
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Empower Retirement
Sellers(s) Prudential Financial
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 3.6B USD

Target

Prudential Financial - Full-Service Retirement Business

Newark, New Jersey, United States
Prudential Financial's Full-Service Retirement Business provides a comprehensive suite of retirement recordkeeping and administration services to financial professionals, plan sponsors, and participants.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Empower Retirement

Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States

Category Company
Sector Insurance
DESCRIPTION

Empower Retirement LLC is a retirement services provider in the United States serving over 40,000 plans and 9.7 million participants. Empower Retirement is based in Greenwood Village, Colorado.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
State (New Jersey) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 3
Year (2021) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-09-08 MassMutual Retirement Plan Business

Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

MassMutual Retirement Plan Business comprises 26,000 workplace savings plans through which approximately 2.5 million participants have saved $167 billion in assets.1 It also includes approximately 2,000 employees affiliated with MassMutual’s retirement plan business who provide a full range of support services for financial professionals, plan sponsors, and participants.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Prudential Financial

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Category Company
Founded 1875
Sector Insurance
Employees40,366
Revenue 54.3B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Prudential office building in downtown Chicago, Illinois.
Prudential office building in downtown Chicago, Illinois.

Prudential Financial is a provider of arrange of financial products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds and investment management. Prudential Financial was founded in 1875 and is based in Newark, New Jersey.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 9
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 6 of 7
State (New Jersey) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 4 of 5
Year (2021) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-08-11 Prudential Life Insurance Company of Taiwan

Taipei City, Taiwan

Prudential Life Insurance Company of Taiwan is a foreign life insurance company established as a subsidiary in Taiwan when it entered the market in 1989. Headquartered in Taipei, PFI of Taiwan began setting and has continued to achieve, new standards in Taiwan's insurance industry. Prudential of Taiwan sells individual whole life and other protection products to middle-market and affluent consumers through highly trained Life Planners® who provide customized plans and high-quality service.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-15 Fortitude Life Insurance & Annuity

Shelton, Connecticut, United States

Fortitude Life Insurance & Annuity is a provider of life insurance and annuity services. Fortitude Life Insurance & Annuity was founded in 1969 and is based in Shelton, Connecticut.

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