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Cat bond funds average 5.50% return year-to-date in UCITS Index

A particularly strong performance through the month of April 2023 now sees catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format with an average return for the first four months of the year of 5.50%, with both higher and lower-risk cat bond fund strategies faring particularly well during the period. A combination

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PCRIC Congratulates its ILS Specialists

PCRIC is pleased to announce that two of its team members, Mr. Pankaj Singh (Finance & Planning Manager) and Mr. Richard Poulter (Actuarial Specialist) have successfully completed a seven-week course on the fundamentals of Insurance Linked Securities (ILS), run by Phoenix CRetro Ltd London in partnership with various professional bodies and educational institutions worldwide. The

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Regulator the PRA still aiming for ILS “take off” in the UK

The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) of the Bank of England is continuing to work to simplify its approach to insurance-linked securities (ILS), still hoping the reinsurance market segment will “take off” in the country. Speaking in March, Shoid Khan, a director of insurance supervision at the Prudential Regulatory Authority,

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ILW fund’s defensive positioning for 2022 hurricane season paid off: CNR CEO

Adopting a defensive position, with respect to the 2022 hurricane season, has paid off for an industry loss warranty (ILW) focused investment strategy, according to the CEO of the City National Rochdale Select Strategies Fund. The industry-loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy offered by investment adviser

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Cat bond investments post-loss recovery period impressive: Plenum

The relatively short time taken for catastrophe bond investments to recover after loss events and crises affecting global markets has been impressive throughout the sector’s history, with cat bonds exhibiting a tendency to recover from draw-downs much faster than other asset classes. Hurricane Ian is the latest example, where the

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Twelve Capital lifts ILS assets 11% to $3.1bn in Q1 2023

Catastrophe bond, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investment manager Twelve Capital has grown its asset base through the first-quarter of 2023, reaching a new level of $4.2 billion of firm-wide assets under management. Given the firm invests across a number of areas of the insurance and reinsurance balance-sheet, including debt

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ECB & EIOPA call for EU cat bond issuance platform

A new paper from the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) highlights the potential for increased use of catastrophe bonds to support the overall supply of catastrophe insurance across the European Union (EU), as climate change threatens to widen the protection gap. According

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