Archive for June, 2008

Published on 23 Jun 2008

Banks and their Attitude to Life Settlement Policies

Why do banks have such a problem lending to experienced investors in a life settlement policy? They lend against property that has a secondary market which has no guaranteed base and as can be seen when looking at the returns of one particular property fund a cut in value of 25% is not unheard of!
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Published on 06 Jun 2008

Research shows 2.4 million investors plan to pull out of with-profits

New research(1) from investment management company Managing Partners Limited (MPL), reveals that a staggering 64% of investors in with-profits investments are unhappy with their current performance, and more than one in four (28%) are very unhappy. Despite this, 65% still plan to carry on investing in them, but 25% – some 2.4 million people – intend to stop.

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