We’ll keep an eye on this spinoff

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PRUDENTIAL PLC $42 is a hold. The company (New York symbol PUK; Finance sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.3 billion; Market cap: $54.6 billion; Dividend yield: 1.0%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.prudentialplc.com) is U.K.-based provider of insurance and other financial services. It is not related to the U.S.-based insurer Prudential Financial Inc. (New York symbol PRU). In 2020, activist investment firm Third Point acquired a 5% stake in Prudential. Partly due to that pressure, the company now plans to spin off its U.S. operations, called Jackson National Life Insurance Co., as a separate firm. The remaining business will focus on its faster-growing operations in Asia and Africa. Prudential plans to complete the spinoff by the end of 2021. We’ll say more about Jackson (and the parent firm) as more information becomes available. Prudential plc is a hold. hold…