Vishaal B. Bhuyan has been involved in the "life markets" for over five years and has focused on analyzing and investing in life settlements, reverse mortgages, and other linked assets. He has advised a number of large investment funds on the longevity and mortality risk asset class and has been invited to speak at various investment and industry-specific conferences across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Bhuyan is also the editor and coauthor of Life Markets: Trading Mortality and Longevity Risk with Life Settlements and Linked Securities (Wiley) and will be releasing The Esoteric Investor (FT Press) in 2011.