Romancing the Fixed Annuity: KKR Buys Global Atlantic

July 14, 2020 by Kerry Pechter

The deal, part of a trend in private-equity acquisitions of life/annuity properties that began a decade ago, makes KKR about one-third larger. The trend tailwind: low rates.

KKR & Co., the private equity firm, said this week that it would acquire Global Atlantic Financial Group Ltd., the fourth largest originator of fixed annuity contracts in the U.S. in 2019, in a deal that will raise KKR’s assets under management by about a third, to $279 billion, according to press reports.

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Originally Posted at Retirement Income Journal on July 9, 2020 by Kerry Pechter.