For Asia to realise ILS market potential, local investor participation must increase: Fitch
While the Asia region is expected to see steadily increasing activity in catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS), Fitch Ratings believes the participation of regional investors needs to increase, while continued development of regulatory frameworks and local expertise is also required. Fitch Ratings said that it anticipates, “a gradual increase in insurance-linked securities (ILS) […]
MDB’s can help bring scale to ILS issuances in Asia: Singapore Deputy PM
Speaking at the 20th Singapore International Reinsurance Conference (SIRC), Mr Gan Kim Yong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry, and Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, explained that multilateral development banks have a key role to play in bringing scale to insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuances in Asia. During his speech, the […]
Catastrophe bond funds in UCITS format grow share of market to 27%
Having continued to expand their assets under management in recent months, UCITS catastrophe bond funds as a group have now grown their share of the overall cat bond market to a new high, at 27% of risk capital supplied. As we reported recently, by the end of the third-quarter of 2024 the cohort of catastrophe […]
