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DEFINED BENEFITS FUND
ACCELERATED CLASS
Today's Presentation
An overview of Traded Life Policies (TLP’s) as an asset class
What are TLP’s? Why TLP’s are an important asset class Why people sell their policies The TLP market place How TLP’s are purchased How TLP’s are valued within a fund
What are TLP’s?
United States Issued Life Assurance Policies
Policy purchased at discount from fixed maturity value, generating guaranteed profit when the policy pays out
Example Holdings
Lincoln National Life Columbus Life
Minnesota Mutual Life Security Life of Denver
American General Life New York Life
Sun Life John Hancock Life
Security of Conn Canada Life
Important Asset Class?
TLPs offer a fixed return to the investor Unaffected by other investment fluctuations Returns in the fund are extremely smooth Natural maturity point eliminating the need to find a
future buyer Net historic returns 9% p.a.
Market Today
Policies purchased from those aged 65 or over
More accurate and finite life expectancy tables
Policies in force two years plus – beyond contestability
Regulated market maker gives competitive pricing and protects buyer and seller
Why do people sell their policies?
Estate planning Change original beneficiary Strip out accumulated value to provide
income replace with cheaper term Key-Man Premiums no longer affordable
Market Growth
----------- 1990 $ 50 million
------------ 1999 $ 1 billion
------------ 2001 $ 4 billion
------------ 2007 $ 20 billion
------------ 2030 $161 billion
Source Financial Times, October 2007
How are TLP’s purchased?
A life expectancy (LE) is obtained
Illustration made to establish future premium liability
Offer made for policy – US law requires 3 offers before a policy is traded
Example of Policy Selected for Fund
LE 64 Months
Sum Assured $1,000,000
Purchase Price $ 629,215
Includes Premium to LE $ 97,275
Net Purchase Price $ 531,940
Return 58.93%
81 Year old – New York Life.
Open Ended Investment
Aurora is an open ended investment
Flexible investment term
Shares redeemable upon demand
Monthly fund valuations provided
Regulated mutual fund
Invest
USD class minimum $10,000
110% allocation from day one (e.g. $11,000 invested)
7 Year investment (No exit penalties after 7 years)
1.25% p.a. management charge
Target 7 – 9% annual growth
10% EXTRA ALLOCATION
• INVEST $50,000
• DAY ONE BECOMES $55,000
• YEAR END TARGET MINIMUM
•17%
Double your Money in 9 years!
Growth Estimated at 7% p.a.
$100,000
$120,000
$140,000
$160,000
$180,000
$200,000
Day One Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9
$100,000 invested with a steady compound growth of 7% p.a.