
Momentum tops R7bn target as new-business value lags sales growth
Metropolitan improved adviser productivity and returned to positive new-business value, while Momentum Investments’ shift towards living annuities weighed on its margin.

Metropolitan improved adviser productivity and returned to positive new-business value, while Momentum Investments’ shift towards living annuities weighed on its margin.

Broad-based earnings growth was accompanied by tighter new business margins as the group contended with product-mix pressure across parts of the business.

Lump-sum product sales in Momentum Corporate and Metropolitan Life weakened, while life annuity volumes continued to grow in Momentum Investments.