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.

Carlisle Management Company SCA, the Luxembourg-based alternative fund manager, has announced that it has become a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment.

Recently Carlisle CEO, Jose Garcia was interview by Finance Monthly for their “About the Board” section of their monthly publication. According to FM, this section brings “readers the latest insights on the challenges and triumphs facing senior executives today. Designed to provide inspiration from their experiences”

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.

Allocator, the data platform for the investment management industry, hosted its Investors Choice Awards 2017 Gala for the EMEA & APAC region in London last week. Among the night’s winners was Carlisle’s own Luxembourg Life Fund, which brought home the award for Multi-strategy Fund – Long Term Performance. To see more, click on the link provided.

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”

Finance Monthly recently announced that its eagerly anticipated 2016 M&A Awards Edition has now been published. This year Carlisle Management Company was included in the publication, winning the award for Financial Advisory Firm of the Year.