Q&A: Mark Venn, Director, ClearLife
Technology advances are driving improved processes in all industries and markets, and the longevity markets…
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New Drivers of Life Settlement Transactions Emerging to Provide Industry With Added Fuel for Growth
Reasons abound why seniors in the United States might seek to sell their whole life…
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Latest Secondary Market Data Provides More Ammunition for Life Settlement Bulls
The Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA), a Washington, DC-based trade association, unveiled its annual transaction…
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Latest Cost of Insurance Litigation Provides Little in the Way of Certainty
Skellig ICAV, a collective investment vehicle from Ireland, along with Gannet Funds and its securities…
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Roundtable: UK Pension Risk Transfer Consultants
The Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) space in the United Kingdom has been on a growth…
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Moderation in All Things
A lot is happening in the Bulk Purchase Annuities (BPA) market: pension scheme funding levels…
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Poll: Do You Think There Were More Secondary Market Life Settlement Policies Purchased in 2022 Compared to 2021?
Talk to almost any life settlement broker and they’ll tell you that they saw an…
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“Bet The Under”: Hedge Fund Manager Makes Costly Mistake
In 2009 my colleague and I were contacted by a hedge fund manager in New…
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Q&A: Thomas Deinet, Executive Director, Standards Board for Alternative Investments
Alternative investments industry body the Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) sets industry standards and…
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Life Settlement Market Trends Solid But Investors Should Look Below The Headline Numbers
If you ask a life settlement broker if they think that secondary market activity was…
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Diversification Isn’t Just an Investing-Related Free Lunch
The recent banking crisis on both sides of the Atlantic has shone a light in…
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Excess Mortality Impact Very Different for Life Settlements, Pension Funds
More than three years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, excess mortality may finally…
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Roundtable: Life Contingent Structured Settlements
The life contingent structured settlement (LCSS) market in the United States began in the early…
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What Investment Risks Impact a Life Settlement Fund Manager’s Returns and How Can These Be Mitigated?
It’s not unrealistic for institutional, end investors to expect – and receive – double digit…
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Poll: Will Pandemic Bonds Ever Return?
In April 2021, The World Bank announced that it had closed its Pandemic Emergency Financing…
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