We delivered another excellent quarter, showcasing continued robust growth and profitability, as well as successfully executing on our long-term strategy,” said Jay Jackson, Chief Executive Officer of Abacus.

Abacus Life, Inc. (“Abacus” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ABL), a leading buyer of life insurance policies and vertically integrated alternative asset manager specializing in specialty insurance products, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Carlisle Management Company SCA (“Carlisle”), a leading Luxembourg-based investment manager in the life settlement space, for $200 million. The acquisition of Carlisle, with approximately $2.0 billion in assets under management, is firmly aligned with Abacus’ continued expansion as a global asset manager.

Carlisle Management Company SCA, represented by Chief Executive Officer José García, introduces the benefits of Life Settlements at the Madrid Stock Exchange. Life Settlements offer policyholders the opportunity to resell their unneeded or unwanted life insurance policies on a secondary market to third party institutional investors. The primary advantages include consistency, decorrelation with traditional financial markets, and solid return profile.

Carlisle Management Company SCA, a leading investment manager in the life settlements space, has finalized the deployment of its second in a series of closed-end funds, Luxembourg Life Fund: Absolute Return Fund II FCP RAIF. The portfolio has been deployed within 18 months after capital raise completion, fully in line with our expectations.

Carlisle Management Company, a Luxembourg headquartered global alternatives investment firm, has announced the successful deployment of it's life settlements fund at above target returns.

This year Carlisle Management Company SCA was featured as Fund Manager of the Year – Luxembourg in the 2017 Finance Awards. For a copy of the feature please use the link provided above.

Recently Carlisle CEO, Jose Garcia, was interviewed for the February 2017 edition of the Peer Insights Report issued by Family Office Insights. Family Office Insights is a voluntary, “opt-in”

Very recently, Carlisle was awarded Best Open-Ended Alternative Investment Fund Manager – Luxembourg by Wealth and Finance International during their 2016 Alternative Investment Awards.

The June issue of Acquisition International's featured an article naming Carlisle Management Company as 2016's Most Innovative Hedge Fund Manager. For the full article you can click on the link provided.

Carlisle CEO Jose C. Garcia was recently interviewed on his thoughts on the alternative markets as well as the Carlisle philosophy in Acquisition International's publication covering the winners of this year's AI Hedge Fund Awards,