The retirement-services group, whose Athene Life Re subsidiary is based in Bermuda, priced the 6.15 per cent senior notes at 99.857 per cent of their face value. Athene expects to receive about $992.1 million before expenses from the offering, which was due to close yesterday. The company said the money would be used for general corporate purposes, including capital contributions to insurance subsidiaries to support organic growth. Athene had about $6.1 billion of senior notes and $1.74 billion of junior subordinated debt outstanding at March 31. The company reported $448 billion in total assets at the end of the first quarter, together with $19.3 billion in cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents and $33.7 billion in total equity.