Nearly two out of three (64%) professional investors predict investment in funds focusing on Life Settlements will rise over the next five years, according to a survey of global institutional investors and wealth managers holding assets of €107 billion under management commissioned by Managing Partners Group (MPG).
Demand for the asset class is being driven by life settlement fund performance - fund managers specialising in life settlements have consistently generated high single digit annual returns and current market pricing delivers an annualised yield of 12%. However, the sector is also being driven by rising numbers of life insurance policyholders choosing to sell their policies at a discount to their maturity value, yet...
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