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Benefits of CRE for insurers’ investment portfolios

In the first part of an Insurance Asset Risk/Invesco roundtable, insurers discuss the current environment for CRE investing and how the asset fits into their portfolios.

Nassau CorAmerica CEO Bill Petak was one of six industry leaders to participate.

Attendees:

Randy Brown, chief investment officer, Sun Life
Charlie Rose, global head of credit, Invesco Commercial Real Estate Finance Trust
Robert O’Rourke, head of real estate, Guardian Life
Bill Petak, CEO, Nassau CorAmerica
Jean-Roch Sibille, chief investment officer, Allianz Life
Dan North, senior economist North America, Allianz Trade
Chaired by Sarfraz Thind, US Editor, Insurance Asset Risk

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Nassau Financial Group Forms Nassau Global Credit

HARTFORD, Conn., July 17, 2023 — Nassau Financial Group, L.P. (“Nassau”) today announced the formation of Nassau Global Credit (“NGC”), which combines Angel Island Capital Management (“AIC”) and Nassau Corporate Credit (“NCC”). NGC will be a subsidiary of Nassau’s asset management segment, Nassau Asset Management, and will be led by Alexander Dias as Chief Executive Officer and Jonathan Insull as Chief Investment Officer.

This strategic combination unites Nassau’s existing credit businesses to create an integrated specialty credit platform with a combined $8.4 billion in AUM as of March 31, 2023. Like its predecessor strategies, NGC will continue to invest in the performing and opportunistic loan and bond markets across the U.S. and Europe, issuing collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), sponsoring private investment funds, and managing separately managed accounts as part of Nassau Asset Management’s broader initiatives to accelerate growth.

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Nassau Financial Group Completes Acquisition of Delaware Life Insurance Company of New York

Hartford, Conn., July 3, 2023 — Nassau Financial Group, L.P. (“Nassau”) today announced that its subsidiary, Nassau Life Insurance Company (“NNY”), has completed the acquisition of Delaware Life Insurance Company of New York (“DLNY”) from Delaware Life Insurance Company (“Delaware Life”), a Group 1001 company.

NNY and DLNY are New York-domiciled life insurance companies, and Nassau plans to merge DLNY into NNY.

“It has been our pleasure to work with the team at Group 1001 and Delaware Life, enabling the sale of their non-strategic business line,” said Phil Gass, Chief Executive Officer of Nassau. “As Nassau’s fourth insurance acquisition, the closing of this transaction marks yet another milestone as we continue to expand our New York presence. We look forward to welcoming the DLNY policyholders to Nassau.”

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Nassau Financial Group Advances Digital Capabilities and Retiretech by Partnering with LifeYield

HARTFORD, Conn., and BOSTON – June 28, 2023 – Nassau Financial Group (“Nassau”) today announced an agreement with LifeYield, a financial technology company specializing in applications that help advisors and independent insurance producers optimize retirement income, maximize Social Security, and minimize tax drag on investments for their clients. This collaboration is intended to help advance the ability of independent producers to create retirement income protection for more Americans through education, emerging retiretech technology, and annuities.

Nassau will integrate LifeYield’s “Social Security+ with Income Layers” application into its retiretech toolbox for use by independent producers. This application models Social Security benefits under different scenarios. Producers can then help clients by showing potential options for converting assets into reliable income streams to supplement Social Security benefits.

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Nassau Financial Group Becomes Signatory to United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment

Hartford, Conn., May 22, 2023 – Nassau Financial Group, L.P. (“Nassau”) announced that it has become a signatory of the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (“PRI”). The PRI is an international organization that works to promote the incorporation of environmental, social, and corporate governance factors (“ESG”) into investment decision-making.

“We are pleased to join the PRI initiative as yet another step as Nassau continues our commitment to act responsibly for ESG issues and in the best long-term interests of our policyholders, clients, and investors,” said Phil Gass, Nassau’s Chairman and CEO.

“These Principles provide us with a practical framework to better align our investment strategies with broader objectives of society while remaining consistent with our responsibilities to Nassau’s constituents,” said David Czerniecki, Nassau’s Chief Investment Officer.

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