Laureola Advisors

Alternative strategies that deliver double digit returns at bond like volatility over 10 years are rare. Therefore, diversification matters, as it's the only free lunch in investments. Laureola Advisors has a 10+ year track record, being a dedicated Life Settlements specialist whose investment professionals have over 200 years of relevant experience. Delivering annual 12.2% compound return over this period, its worst peak to trough drawdown is a low 4.8%, demonstrating its attractive risk/return profile. Laureola has a 10-year Sharpe of 2.34 (Preqin data), putting the strategy in the top 2% of the 47,000+ strategies on the Preqin database over this time frame. Life settlements funds are an investment in longevity, purchasing life insurance policies from private US citizens who no longer wish to hold or can no longer afford to pay the premiums. The strategy has strong ESG credentials as it provides a Social good (the S of #esg) to individuals in the US - often to the less fortunate individuals - who want to or need to sell their Life Insurance policies. With over 85% of policies lapsing worthless, Life Settlements provide an essential service to policy owners whose net worth would otherwise be significantly diminished. Tony Bremness, CFA , CIO and director of Laureola Advisors, is one of the four panelists of the upcoming Opalesque Small Managers - BIG ALPHA Investor Workshop on Wednesday 8th November (11 am ET, 4pm GMT, 5pm CET - for eligible, professional, qualified investors only, register here: https://lnkd.in/dAVMWPm. The session will be recorded - in case you are not able to join, all registered participants will be provided a link to replay the webinar. Laureola Advisors’ strategy targets smaller policies and conducts in-house qualitative medical expert analysis to verify the life expectancy measures provided by industry underwriters, giving it an advantage over the larger players in this asset class. Investing in the Laureola Life Settlements strategy reduces the common portfolio risks related to the economic cycle, the credit cycle, equity valuations, interest rates or geopolitical events. By providing structurally non correlated returns through investing in longevity assets, an allocation to Laureola can and has historically reduced overall volatility while increasing net returns. Genuine diversification provides the only “free lunch” available in the investment world. Here is the full, carefully screened panel of investment managers running uncorrelated strategies presenting at next week's Investor Workshop: 1. Private Credit: Asset-backed SME loans (Aura Group - see the Opalesque Strategy Report on Aura here: https://lnkd.in/e_UK6njc) 2. Venture Capital: Food and Biotech (Beyond Impact VC) 3. Hard Assets: Gemstones (quantumrock) 4. Life Settlements: Genuine non-correlation (Laureola Advisors) Free registration: https://lnkd.in/d8Q9XAX

Super excited we'll be already having EPISODE 12 of our iconic and ever-green Small Managers - BIG ALPHA webinar next month. Four veteran investment managers will discuss the following UNCORRELATED strategies: 1. Private Credit: Asset-backed SME loans 2. Venture Capital: Food and Biotech 3. Hard Assets: Gemstones 4. Life Settlements: Genuine non-correlation With Brett Craig, Claire Smith, Stefan Tittel, and Tony Bremness, CFA. Hope to "see you" at this interactive session 😀 !

Investing in such funds makes sense if you want more risk and illiquidity — and are willing to pay for it. Low interest rates can lead people to rationalize all sorts of bad ideas.

"Many investing strategies are based on the presumption that people are risk averse, but QLACs go beyond risk aversion into risk-phobia. Buyers are sacrificing a lot to get very little."