TY - BOOK ID - 142828899 TI - Life settlements and longevity structures : pricing and risk management AU - Aspinwall, Jim. AU - Chaplin, Geoff. AU - Venn, Mark. PY - 2009 SN - 1119206448 0470684852 128337241X 9786613372413 0470746890 PB - Chichester, U.K. : Wiley, DB - UniCat KW - Life insurance. KW - Viatical settlements. KW - Longevity. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142828899 AB - Recent turbulence in the financial markets has highlighted the need for diversified portfolios with lower correlations between the different investments. Life settlements meet this need, offering investors the prospect of high, stable returns, uncorrelated with the broader financial markets. This book provides readers of all levels of experience with essential information on the process surrounding the acquisition and management of a portfolio of life settlements; the assessment, modelling and mitigation of the associated longevity, interest rate and credit risks; and practical approaches ER -