Private ILS allow investors to harvest illiquidity premia: Ahmad, Schroders
For investors looking at insurance-linked securities (ILS), in order to gain the full diversifying benefits of an allocation to the asset class, it is important to look to the private ILS and collateralised reinsurance segment as well as catastrophe bonds, Zeba Ahmad, Alternatives Director at Schroders has said. While catastrophe bonds provide a clear way […]
Cat bonds outperform many private ILS portfolios: Frontier Advisors
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) portfolios with predominantly catastrophe bond holdings have on average outperformed many mid- and higher-risk ILS fund strategies that contain private ILS transactions over recent years, according to analysis from Frontier Advisors. Catastrophe bonds typically provide reinsurance or retrocessional protection higher up in the risk tower, so are more risk-remote and so the […]
UCITS catastrophe bond fund assets grew 28% in 2021
The main UCITS catastrophe bond funds as a group lifted their assets under management (AUM) significantly during 2021, to a new high of just over US $8.64 billion, representing 28% growth in AuM year-on-year. We’ve tracked the growth of the UCITS catastrophe bond fund market and launched a new page featuring charts detailing this growth […]
Private catastrophe bonds surpass $1bn for first time in 2021
For the first time on-record, annual issuance of privately placed catastrophe bond transactions has surpassed $1 billion in 2021, as these more streamlined insurance-linked securities (ILS) arrangements continued to play an important role for some protection buyers, ILS funds and investors. Private catastrophe bond activity had declined in 2020, as the annual issuance volume of […]
City National Rochdale ILW fund grows another 7% to $191m
The industry-loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy offered by investment adviser City National Rochdale (CNR) has continued to grow in the last quarter of record, adding a further 7% to reach over $191 million in assets. The City National Rochdale Select Strategies (CNRLX) fund is an interval style mutual fund that […]
City National Rochdale ILW fund hits $179m, shares trade higher post-Ida
The industry-loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual fund strategy offered by investment adviser City National Rochdale (CNR) increased its net assets during the last quarter of record and the share price of the exchange traded fund (ETF) has been rising over recent weeks. The fund, which is largely invested in industry-loss warranties (ILW’s) and also holds […]
City National Rochdale ILW fund grows net assets 9% to $168.4m
The industry-loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual fund strategy offered by investment adviser City National Rochdale (CNR) has grown its net assets by roughly 9% during the last quarter of record. While overall net assets grew by 9%, the investments held by the fund, which are largely in industry-loss warranties (ILW’s), as well as some catastrophe […]
City National Rochdale ILW fund lifts assets by 13%
City National Rochdale’s largely industry loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment fund increased its total net assets under management to $147.8 million by the end of October 2020, an increase of 13% in the quarter. The City National Rochdale Select Strategies (CNRLX) fund is an interval style mutual fund with a focus […]
COVID drove higher ILW demand. Positive trends expected for 2021: City National Rochdale
Demand for reinsurance and retrocessional protection in the form of industry loss warranties (ILW’s) increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic and favourable market conditions are expected to persist, with a chance of higher demand again towards the end of this year, City National Rochdale has explained. Reporting on its industry loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual […]
City National Rochdale ILW fund grows, sees dynamic & improving returns
City National Rochdale’s industry loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment fund grew during the last quarter and saw “positive opportunities” at the January reinsurance renewals, with an expectation of the ILW market seeing dynamic conditions and improving returns. The City National Rochdale Select Strategies (CNRLX) is a mutual fund structured in the […]