PETALING JAYA: The termination of the proposed sale of AMMB Holdings Bhd
’s (AmBank) Malaysian insurance businesses, which it jointly-owned with MetLife International Holdings LLC to Singapore insurer Great Eastern Holdings Ltd, will have a negligible impact on the former’s capital ratios.
According to analysts, AmBank’s Common Equity Tier 1 (CET-1) ratio is a healthy 15.3% and contributions of the insurance businesses to group earnings are negligible.
