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Wrapping Up Coverage of Defined Outcome Portfolios for 2022

Over the last quarter of 2022, the number of variable defined outcome portfolios in the industry continued to grow substantially, as did their assets under management. In this report we will conclude our reporting on...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from February, 2023

It is usually the case that numerous new variable portfolios are registered in February – in order for them to be added to prospectuses during the May update period – and that pattern held true...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from January, 2023

As was the case the previous month, January activity on the variable fund front was rather brisk, as there were a number of new registrations, several in the bond category. There were also plenty of...

Update: Variable Defined Outcome Portfolios

This spreadsheet updates our coverage of variable defined outcome portfolios, and they continued to grow in number rapidly over the third quarter of 2022; during the quarter 19 new portfolios started reporting assets. At the...

An Update on Variable Defined Outcome Portfolios Through 3Q22

Due to their rapid growth in a relatively short period of time, it has been a challenge keeping up with developments in variable defined outcome portfolios, and in this report we will update our coverage...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from December, 2022

We found December variable fund filing activity to be lively, as we saw some new registrations that will be used in a unique reorganization effort, plenty of developments related to defined outcome portfolios, plus assorted...

The U.S. Annuity Business In 2022 – Looking at a New Sales Record

In this, our last commentary of the year, we will give our thoughts on how the U.S. annuity business performed in 2022, based on sales and other data we have to date. It is admittedly...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from October, 2022

This report contains our coverage of noteworthy variable fund filings from October – during the month we saw several new registrations along with the usual run of changes to investment platforms. As has been the...

Thoughts on Rates, RILAs – and Related Considerations

Third quarter earnings season for stock-traded insurers has gotten underway and we are confident that on their conference calls insurers will be discussing how rising interest rates have provided a big boost to sales of...