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Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from April, 2006

We identified just three new variable insurance funds registered with the SEC in the month of April, the reduced activity probably because most new investment options had already been filed earlier, well in advance of...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from March, 2006

Over the first few months of the year we’ve been noticing rather specialized variable insurance funds coming out, some “non-correlative” with the market – in that they may take an inverse position against an index...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from February, 2006

In the new variable funds filed in February we noticed some general trends continuing, among them the offering of new types of funds-of-funds (F-of-Fs), which to us is not surprising given their frequent use in...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from January, 2006

The batch of new variable funds registered with the SEC in January was marked by types that emphasize diversification and risk management, just as we’ve been seeing lately. We continue to see filings of funds-of-funds...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from December, 2005

This commentary is the first in a regular series where we’ll look back at variable insurance funds filed with the SEC over the previous month. In these articles we will review as many new offerings...

A Diverse Lot: Trends in Variable Funds-of-Funds and Asset Allocation

One of the more significant developments in variable insurance over the past few years has been the emergence of various kinds of funds-of-funds as dominant in terms of gathering net new flows…