Firm Brokers $2 Billion Life Settlement Deal

Finance For Life L.L.C. says it has had a hand in the recent purchase and sale of a life insurance portfolio valued at more than $2 billion.

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Fortress International Offers Settlement Fund In Luxembourg

An offshore investment management company has announced the launch of a life settlement fund in Luxembourg.

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Fortress International Launches Luxembourg Life Settlement Fund

LUXEMBOURG–(Marketwire – February 22, 2010) – The Fortress International
Fund, has announced today it has completed its expansion and officially
launched the Luxembourg Fortress International Capital & Partners SCS Fund.
The Luxembourg-based Fortress Fund is an open-ended investment vehicle that
participates in the U.S. secondary market for Life Insurance under a
managed buy and hold strategy.

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Quiz question: How do market conditions for settlements look?

This article answers the question: Do life settlement providers believe that market conditions for settlements changed between December 2009 and January 2010, and if so, to what extent?

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NFP Buys Out Partners In Settlements Firm

National Financial Partners has bought out the stakes of Goldman Sachs and Genworth Financial Inc. in a life settlement joint venture.

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Tranen Capital Sets Up In Europe

An offshore life settlement funding firm has opened 2 new European offices.

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Settlement Execs, ACLI Clash Over Securitization

Several life settlement organizations have reacted strongly to a recent policy statement from the American Council of Life Insurers calling for a ban on the securitization of life settlements.

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ISI Defends Life Policy-Backed Securities Market

A life settlement think tank is defending the value of the life settlement securitization concept.

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Ask the expert: What makes life settlements work?

This article answers the question: What is the economic basis for life settlements? That is, what makes them “work” for the investor and customer?

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Feature: Execs react to Goldman shuttering its settlement unit

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., New York, is shutting down its life settlement unit, a company spokesman acknowledges. Company officials are describing it as “a commercial decision.”

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