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Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from February, 2025

In February, we saw fewer new variable portfolio registrations than we were used to in past years, but there were a few. There was much more activity in terms of manager replacements and other changes...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from January, 2025

In January, variable fund filing activity was slow in our view, but that’s typical, as new registrations tend to get submitted the following month in order to be ready for the May prospectus update season....

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from December, 2024

Variable fund filing activity was pretty substantial in December, with new registrations, new share classes and an assortment of changes. A good number of the latter are to take place this year…

The Year 2024 in Review: The Upward Momentum Continued

As of this writing, annuity industry sales for 2024 were on pace for another record – this despite a falling interest rate environment – leading us to wonder if there’s “nowhere to go but up.”...

Update: Variable ESG Portfolios

This spreadsheet updates our coverage of variable Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) portfolios through the third quarter of 2024; at quarter end we counted 27 portfolios in operation, which held $8.3 billion in assets…

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from November, 2024

This commentary contains our customary coverage of noteworthy variable fund filings from the prior month, and also includes an update on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) portfolios, citing data through the end of the third...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from October, 2024

Variable portfolio filing activity picked up in October as there were multiple registrations, some of them connected to large-scale reorganizations that have been a trend in the industry of late…

An Update on Variable Defined Outcome Portfolios Through 2Q24

We are overdue in providing our subscribers with perspective on variable defined outcome portfolios, therefore in this report we will do so, citing data we have compiled from regulatory filings…

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from September, 2024

In September we saw an interesting mix of new variable portfolio registrations, a good deal of managerial replacements and other changes, some of which will take effect next year…