Selling Structured Settlements
Thursday, 28. February 2008
Selling Structured Settlements
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Life Settlements and Longevity Structures $95 Recent turbulence in the financial markets has highlighted the need for diversified portfolios with lower correlations between the different investments. Life settlements meet this need, offering investors the prospect of high, stable returns, uncorrelated with the broader financial markets. This book provides readers of all levels of experience with essential information on the process surrounding the acquisition and management of a portfolio of life settlements; the assessment, modelling and mitigation of the associated longevity, interest rate and credit risks; and practical approaches to financing and risk management structures. It begins with the history of life insurance and looks at how the need for new financing sources has led to the growth of the life settlements market in the United States. The authors provide a detailed exploration of the mathematical formulae surrounding the generation of mortality curves, drawing a parallel between the tools deployed in the credit derivatives market and those available to model longevity risk. Structured products and securitisation techniques are introduced and explained, starting with simple vanilla products and models before illustrating some of the investment structures associated with life settlements. Capital market mechanisms available to assist the investor in limiting the risks associated with life settlement portfolios are outlined, as are opportunities to use life settlement portfolios to mitigate the risks of traditional capital markets. The last section of the book covers derivative products, either available now or under consideration, that will reduce or potentially eliminate longevity risks within life settlement portfolios. It then reviews hedging and risk management strategies and considers how to measure the effectiveness of risk mitigation.   |
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Marketing and Selling Super Series $37.95 With forty well structured and easy to follow topics to choose from, each workbook has a wide range of case studies, questions and activities to meet both an individual or organization’s training needs. Whether studying for an ILM qualification or looking to enhance the skills of your employees, Super Series provides essential solutions, frameworks and techniques to support management and leadership development. * Developed by the ILM to support their Level 3 Introductory Certificate and Certificate in First Line Management * Well-structured and easy to follow * Fully revised and updated |
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Selling $3.33 A practical ePub guide to selling which will give you the information and skills to succeed Find out how to improve your selling skills using marketing, and learn to present your product and negotiate successfully. You’ll discover how to research your market, target your audience and perfect your pitch. Tips, dos and don’ts and SOS’ hints on what to do in a particular situation, plus real-life case studies demonstrating how to win over your customers and close the deal. Read it cover to cover, or dip in and out of topics for quick reference. Handy tips in a pocket-sized format take it wherever your work takes you. |
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Lunar Settlements $139.95 Significant studies on lunar base structures have been made since the days of the Apollo program, when it appeared that the moon would become a second home for humans. This title offers a resource on a range of topics that pertain to the possibility of human settlements on the moon. |
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Marketing and Selling Professional Services in Architecture and Construction $72.99 This practical book on selling and marketing will help architects, engineers, project managers, facilities managers, surveyors, and contractors ‘sell’ themselves to prospective clients. As clients become more sophisticated at both local and international level, and as competition in the construction industry increases, both contractors and consultants have to take a more professional approach to selling themselves. This is especially true for PFI bids where vast resources are committed to winning multi-million pound contracts. Through a simple-to-follow process, illustrated with plenty of diagrams and checklists, Marketing & Selling Professional Services in Architecture & Construction sets out the seven key aspects of selling and marketing professional services. It is full of applicable ideas and examples and is well structured to enable readers to dip into the section relevant to their current needs. |
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Structured Settlement Basics – Must Read for Beginners $34.95 Plain English explanation of the structured settlement process. Understand what’s involved so you can win big. Discussion on selling settlements, cash structured settlement, annuities, settlement payments and more…. |
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Selling structured settlements: boon or boondoggle for injury victims?: An article from: Trial $5.95 This digital document is an article from Trial, published by Association of Trial Lawyers of America on July 1, 1999. The length of the article is 2195 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitl… |
Expert Selling Advice: How To Sell More Stuff Through Creating Controversy
Having a little trouble grabbing a bit of attention for your services or products? If so, have you thought that you could be playing it too safe to be noticeable. As it turns out, people who get attention aren’t normally the unadorned and shy kind, they are the more extroverted and rambunctious kind. So, is your service or product too under the radar to completely charge after the traffic on the web, & generate genuine interest and enthusiasm? Well, then you will want to think about taking a walk on the wild side.
Keep in mind controversy sells. This Chicago appliance repair company loves to follow this rule.
If you see yourself getting away from controversy, this happens to be one area you genuinely have to explore. This doesn’t even have to be your personal made controversy, it can be anyone else’s controversy, and the only thing you’re doing is adding to the conversation. For instance, once eBay 1st emerged with it’s rule to not let eBooks on their auction listings unless sellers also included a physical thing, like a dvd or cd, it generated a huge controversy around the web.
When others were moaning about the implosion of their business strategies, there were smarter businessmen who used this chance to get a bit of free publicity by offering services or products to let sellers transform their business strategy so they could keep selling on eBay. No matter what side you happened to be on, if it turned out to be a good or bad rule, the fact happens to be that the amount of controversy that it produced gave a perfect chance to ride a wave of complimentary publicity, if you will help people get over some of their issues.
Yet, this refrigerator repair Chicago business walks a tight rope.
So, yes, you do have to always look out for instances that arrive with subjects of excellent controversy. They usually come with a short window, yet while that window is open, you can obtain instant product and name recognition, if you play your hand correctly.