Rebranded and redefined, the life-settlements business grew swiftly, reaching $12 billion in transactions by 2007.
"The current debt settlement business model is going to die," declared Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum, a lawyer in the Washington firm Venable, addressing a packed ballroom.
About a week ago, the two sides agreed to a 50-50 merger by keeping Frankfurt's clearing and settlement business out of the merger.
The manager of another settlement business told the paper he had already consulted lawyers on how to sue and how much compensation to seek.
The GM gamble An invitation from the SEC New lease on life Quaking Liar's poker Paying for Saddam's sins ReprintsHowever, the life-settlement business still has to overcome several obstacles.
New efforts to raise awareness among European businesses about the risks of working with settlements, and the advancement of voluntary guidelines for tourism operators to prevent support for settlement business.
One problem is that its reputation is tainted by association with the viatical industry, which bought the life-insurance policies of the terminally ill, usually with AIDS, and in which fraud was common.In addition, some life insurers see the life-settlement business as a direct threat.
Su Ning, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, said the central bank would still require real foreign trade as the base for renminbi settlement business for the time being because the currency is not fully convertible under the capital account.
The A&O fiasco is the latest blight on the controversial yet booming life-settlements business, which involves insurance policy holders selling their policies for a lump sum that is less than their full face value to investors.
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Although the life settlement business has been around for a century, a rise in the number of people looking to unload life insurance policies helped it more than double in three years to $11.7 billion (policy face value) in 2008, figures Conning Research & Consulting.
