Interest in longevity has never been stronger, particularly now that pension funds and insurers are increasingly concerned about de-risking. With Xpect^®, Deutsche Börse AG provides data and indices supporting the market to assess and trade longevity.

Xpect seeks to break down the barriers between all market participants regarding asynchronous information on mortality and longevity. Xpect Data and Indices serve to evaluate liability-based longevity risks and function as a basis for securitization e.g. using longevity swaps and bonds. Xpect Indices are thus the first of their kind to offer investors direct access to this asset class.

The objective of Xpect is to provide a neutral, transparent and actual market standard for longevity data to stimulate a liquid longevity market.