Main Conference Day 2: Thursday, March 25, 2010
7:30 Coffee & Registration
8:30 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
8:45 Pension Fund Investment Strategies: Institutional
Best Practices For Gaining Exposure To The Longevity
Asset Class
- Identifying the most significant risks of investing in longevity from an institutional viewpoint
- Comparing physical and synthetic approaches to longevity investments
- Considerations on making the selection between providers, LE providers, and other investment partners
- Understanding how smart policy selection can make life settlements an LDI-suitable asset class
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Zach Murphy Director, CRE & Longevity Disk Silverpoint Capital LLC
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Scott Willkomm SVP Coventry
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Jean-Paul Messerli
Co-Founder, Fundabilis
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Lee Launer
Former CIO
Met-Life
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9:30 Transparency And Privacy In The Life Settlements
Market: Incompatible Goals?
- Examining the importance of access to reliable and consistent information on asset quality, pricing, valuation, and transaction costs
- A closer look at state and federal laws that enforce privacy of medical records, including HIPAA
- Identifying the most effective strategies for ensuring transparency of the asset whilst maintaining the privacy of the insured
- Are privacy and transparency genuinely compatible, or do they represent conflicting drivers for the marketplace?
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Andrew Terrell Principal Atlantic Street Fund Management Partners
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Benjamin Geber CEO & Managing Partner Bally Capital Management
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Michael Fugler
Head of Global Capital Markets
Welcome Life Financial Group
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10:15 Mid-Morning Coffee & Networking Break
11:00 Towards A Deeper Understanding Of Older-Age Mortality: What LE Providers Can Do To Further Enhance Longevity Analyses
- Charting the evolution of LE perspectives on older age mortality
- Understanding how the methodologies of different LE providers differ
- Quantifying the differences between competing LE providers: Are significant variances confined to the past?
- Evaluating the scope for further enhancing the accuracy of LEs
Wai-Keung Tang
Managing Partner
Kappa Life
11:45 Securitization Of Life Settlements: Poison Or Panacea For The Industry?
- Examining the progress towards making securitization more mainstream
- Understanding the obstacles to a deeper securitization market:
- Hesitancy among rating agencies
- Insufficient life settlement ownership concentration
- Regulatory concerns and publicity problems
- How large do we want the securitization market to be?
- Pinpointing the benefits of securitization for new types of investor
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Manish Kapoor
Managing Director
West Wheelock Capital
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Kyle Shostak
Director
Rigi Capital Partners
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Emmanuel Modu
Managing Director, Insurance-Linked Securities
AM Best
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David Marinoff
Managing Director
Guggenheim Capital
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12:30 Networking Luncheon
1:45 - 3:45 Post-Conference Workshop