@article {Cunha-Gomes28, author = {Neil Cunha-Gomes}, title = {Introducing Alternative Capital to LongevityRisk Transfer}, volume = {17}, number = {1}, pages = {28--34}, year = {2014}, doi = {10.3905/jai.2014.17.1.028}, publisher = {Institutional Investor Journals Umbrella}, abstract = {For years, the catastrophe bond market has garnered considerable interest from a variety of capital market investors, such as endowments, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices. Although investment in these catastrophe-linked securities has increased significantly over the last two decades, to date, capital market investors have participated in only a handful of longevity transactions. By drawing on lessons from the development of catastrophe bond market and from the few successful longevity transactions with capital market investors, this article considers a format in which longevity risk may be sustainably transferred into the capital markets in the future.TOPICS: Fixed income and structured finance, foundations \& endowments, risk management}, issn = {1520-3255}, URL = {https://jai.pm-research.com/content/17/1/28}, eprint = {https://jai.pm-research.com/content/17/1/28.full.pdf}, journal = {The Journal of Alternative Investments} }