It is an excellent fit with AIA’s corporate strengths and strategic priorities of achieving profitable market leadership positions and delivering high-quality growth through developing partnerships with leading financial institutions across AIA’s markets in the Asia-Pacific region. It will materially expand and strengthen AIA’s distribution capabilities and customer reach in Australia and New Zealand. CBA is the largest retail bank in Australia, and CBA’s wholly-owned subsidiary, ASB, is the second-largest retail bank in New Zealand. Together, they have a combined total of 13 million existing bank customers.