Longevity as an asset class has typically appealed more to institutional investors but it will start appealing to retail investors too, writes Centurion's David Rawson-Mackenzie.
Investing in longevity is certainly not for the unsophisticated investor and we would be foolish to think otherwise. However, it would also be untrue to believe that it is only suitable for investors with a Masters degree in quantum finance and nerves of steel. Enabling knowledgeable retail investors to benefit from investing in longevity is a view that is beginning to permeate the industry but first the dilemma facing this asset class needs to be resolved: the dichotomy is that longevity is a simple concept to explain but hard to understand and this is mainly due to a lack of standardi...
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