Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions, the hedge fund-focused arm of the global asset manager, has moderated its stance on catastrophe bonds from ‘strongly overweight’ to ‘overweight’. Despite this shift, the manager maintains that the asset class remains attractive. Meanwhile, the firm’s neutral stance on other insurance-linked securities (ILS), including private collateralized

Coming off an impressive year for the catastrophe bond market, which saw a number of new annual records set, investors are reinvesting their robust returns back into the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space, which according to Fitch Ratings, will further expand capital and pressure returns throughout 2026. In a new report, Fitch

The Florida Retirement System Pension Plan, which is administered by the Florida State Board of Administration, has benefited from very strong performance across its allocations to insurance-linked securities funds, with its assets invested in ILS now approaching $2 billion. Insurance-linked security fund investments have been a growing component of the