Download Life Risk News Volume 2, Issue 4, April 2023
The recent challenges in the banking system have brought added scrutiny on the topic of counterparty risk. For this month’s cover story, Greg Winterton spoke to Chris Conway, Chief Development Officer at ISC Services, Roger Lawrence, Managing Director of WL Consulting, and Scott Willkomm, CEO at Life Equity, to get their thoughts on life insurance companies, the most significant counterparty in the life risk investing space, in Diversification Isn’t Just an Investing-Related Free Lunch.
The full impact of the Covid-19 pandemic won’t be felt for decades, but already, signs are there that mortality data is changing. Aaron Woolner spoke to Stephen Caine, Director at WTW, and Corwin Zass, Founder of Actuarial Risk Management, for their thoughts on what they’re seeing in the pensions and life settlements space, in Excess Mortality Impact Very Different for Life Settlements, Pension Funds.
This month’s Roundtable sees Life Risk News’ first foray into the life-contingent structured settlement market. Greg Winterton spoke to Mike Fasano, Founder at Fasano Associates; Fred Love, President and General Counsel at SuttonPark Capital; and Jason Sutherland, CEO at DRB Capital to learn more about the current state of this market.
Our firs commentary piece this month comes courtesy of Richard Morris, an Actuary, and Independent Consultant, who digs deep into the various investment risks in the life settlement market in What Investment Risks Impact a Life Settlement Fund Manager’s Returns and How Can These Be Mitigated?
April is the two-year anniversary of the World Bank closing its Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility. So, for this month’s issue, our poll asked our readers, Will Pandemic Bonds Ever Return?
We continue to learn more about the long-term risks of Covid-19, but more is still unknown than known. Mike Fasano, Founder of Fasano Associates’ Long COVID and Reinfection Risk piece is our second commentary article this month.
Life settlements asset manager Ress Capital manages a publicly listed product in the space. Greg Winterton spoke to Hanna Persson, Head of Sales at Ress Capital, to learn more about the firm and its approach in this month’s Q&A.
Pandemic bonds received significant negative media coverage during the Covid-19 pandemic. Greg Winterton spoke to John Kiff, who was a Senior Financial Sector Expert at the International Monetary Fund from 2005 to 2021, to get his thoughts on why investors might not be interested if the initiative is ever resurrected in Difficulty in Modelling Pandemic Risk a Main Reason Why Pandemic Bonds Won’t Return.
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Chris Wells
Managing Editor
Life Risk News
