It increasingly looks like Hong Kong could break into the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market before too much longer, as with details of its ILS grant pilot now available, one local law firm said it is already receiving enquiries from potential sponsors.
Back in February, Paul Chan, the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, revealed plans for a Pilot Insurance‑linked Securities Grant Scheme that will pay as much as HK $12 million per issuance, which is close to US $1.6 million of potential ILS or catastrophe bond issuance cost savings for sponsors choosing to use Hong Kong as a domicile.
Then, in May this year, Hong Kong’s Insurance Authority (IA) published initial details of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) grant scheme.
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