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31 Jul 2020 - Performance Report: Laureola Investment Fund

By: Australian Fund Monitors
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Report Date31 July 2020
ManagerLaureola Advisors
Fund NameLaureola Investment Fund
StrategyLife Settlements
Latest Return DateJune 2020
Latest Return0.69%
Latest 6 Months3.93%
Latest 12 Months9.55%
Latest 24 Months (pa)4.13%
Annualised Since Inception16.74%
Inception Date01 May 2013
FUM (millions)US$61
Fund OverviewA 'Life Settlement' is the transfer of the ownership and beneficial interest in a life insurance policy to a third party. The policy owner transfers their rights to the policy in return for an immediate cash payment. The buyer of the policy is then responsible for its maintenance and will be entitled to receive the policy benefits from the insurance company upon maturity.

The investment strategy of The Laureola Investment Fund is dynamic and flexible, designed to take advantage of the frequent but temporary pricing anomalies of an asset class that is not yet fully understood by the majority of participants.

Laureola Advisors applies 'best practices' common in the management of traditional assets, particularly the use of independent, in-house, proprietary research.
Manager CommentsThe Laureola Investment Fund returned +1.3% in June, taking performance over FY20 to +9.55% and performance since inception in May 2013 to +16.74% p.a. with an annualised volatility of 5.75%. The largest drawdown the Fund has experience since inception is -4.90%.

Performance in June was driven by the maturities of 4 mid-sized life settlement policies with a combined face value of $1.5ml. The portfolio now holds 175 policies and is well diversified by all measures. 25% of policies are on insureds 80 years old or older, while the median Life Expectancy is only 49 months and 14% of the portfolio has Life Expectancies of 24 months or less. The largest number of insureds are in Florida and Texas, with Georgia and North Carolina also in the top 6.

Laureola believe that in an unstable and uncertain world where governments try to control stock markets and yield curvs in the midst of pandemics, the self-generated returns and genuine non-correlation of Life Settlements are increasingly attractive.
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