Numerous insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategies have delivered decadal high returns, at least, so far in 2023, as the higher reinsurance rate environment and elevated spreads for instruments like catastrophe bonds boost their performance.
While ILS fund performance has struggled in many cases over the last five or so years, 2023 is turning into a significant recovery year, so far.
Of course, we need to qualify this by saying that we have an almost entire Atlantic hurricane season ahead of us and that it only takes one major insured catastrophe loss event around the globe to reverse fortunes for ILS funds.
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