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Alternative Outlook - August 2011
The August issue of Alternative Outlook provides more information on the company's recent strategic decision to change to a mark to market pricing methodology as opposed to the current 'Mark to Model' basis they previously used, and that is prevalent in the industry today. It also answers some key questions on some of the more technical aspects of the new methodology.
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Alternative Outlook - March 2011
The March 2011 issue of Centurion's Alternative Outlook Newsletter includes an article looking at how longevity is starting to appeal to the sophisticated retail investor, an examination of how to maintain liquidity in a longevity fund and a brief overview of traded life tenancies and how they differ from equity release schemes.
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Alternative Outlook - November 2010
In the November issue of Alternative Outlook, we look at how longevity - mostly in the form of life settlements - is rapidly gaining interest amongst investors looking for safe returns in a volatile era; we ask some questions about currency risk in life settlement and also examine the reasons why it is so important to update life expectancies in a life settlement fund.
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Alternative Outlook - July 2010
The July 2010 edition of Alternative Outlook includes an insight on how introducing life settlements into an investment portfolio can increase performance whilst maintaining or reducing its risk profile and an analysis on what to look for when selecting a fund manager.
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Alternative Outlook - April 2010
The April 2010 edition of Alternative Outlook provides insight on how longevity investments can add value to fixed income portfolios and it also includes our vision on how to access this complex asset class and what to look for in a longevity fund manager. In this edition you will also find an article on origination risk and what Centurion is doing to mitigate it, as well as a detailed analysis on the recently launched Defined Return Fund Longevity Plus class.
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Alternative Outlook - Special Edition - March 2010
A special edition of Alternative Outlook explores the main areas of risk highlighted by Peter Smith of the FSA at the European Life Settlement Association (ELSA) conference in London and looks at how Centurion mitigates them.
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Alternative Outlook - June 2009
June issue of Alternative Outlook includes an insight into how longevity swaps are entering the mainstream and some answers to the complex issue of synthetics.
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Alternative Outlook - September 2009
The September issue of Alternative Outlook explores the main risks an investor has to assess when investing in a life settlement fund. In this issue you will also find an article about valuation methodologies and a special report on one of our most active funds: the Life Settlement Strategy Fund. In the Questions and Answers section, we explain how a life settlement fund can ensure the safety of its underlying assets and what the duties of the policy custodian and the servicing agent are.
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Alternative Outlook - March 2009
We have launched the first issue of Alternative Outlook. The aim of this newsletter is to keep you informed and up to date with what's
been happening at Centurion.
As specialists in alternative investments and leaders in longevity, we aim to help you understand what we
do and how we do it.
In this first issue we want to use the opportunity to answer some frequently asked questions about longevity
as an asset class. For those readers seeking more in-depth insight, we've also gone one step further to
explain how the recent increase in life expectancy estimates is impacting this market and how we generate
and manage the liquidity which is so important in the current market conditions.
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