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Banks set to shake up life settlements

Institutional investors may be shaking off any reputational aversion they had to life settlements, desperate as they are for genuinely uncorrelated assets. MICHAEL BAILEY examines the current state of the asset class and its two means of access – synthetic or physical. The life settlements market has benefited from the entry of large investment banks, […]
Staff WriterOctober 2, 2009
Hedge Funds

Banks set to shake up life settlements

Institutional investors may be shaking off any reputational aversion they had to life settlements, desperate as they are for genuinely uncorrelated assets. MICHAEL BAILEY examines the current state of the asset class and its two means of access – synthetic or physical. The life settlements market has benefited from the entry of large investment banks, […]
Staff WriterOctober 2, 2009
Investment Strategy

Plunging dollar a saviour for Life Settlements

The Gold Coast-based Life Settlements Wholesale Fund, in which VFMC is an investor, was optimistic about its chances of outperformance over the coming months, as the Australian dollar fell back to what looked like a semi-permanent home around US65 cents. The Australian dollar position at near parity with the US for most of last year […]
Staff WriterNovember 6, 2008
Investment Strategy

Plunging dollar a saviour for Life Settlements

The Gold Coast-based Life Settlements Wholesale Fund, in which VFMC is an investor, was optimistic about its chances of outperformance over the coming months, as the Australian dollar fell back to what looked like a semi-permanent home around US65 cents. The Australian dollar position at near parity with the US for most of last year […]
Staff WriterNovember 6, 2008
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