Neuberger Berman ILS

Company profile:

Neuberger Berman, founded in 1939, is a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager. The firm manages a range of strategies—including equity, fixed income, quantitative and multi-asset class, private equity, real estate and hedge funds—on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors globally. Neuberger Berman’s investment philosophy is founded on active management, engaged ownership and fundamental research, including industry-leading research into material environmental, social and governance factors. Neuberger Berman is a PRI Leader, a designation awarded to fewer than 1% of investment firms. With offices in 26 countries, the firm’s diverse team has over 2,700 professionals. For nine consecutive years, Neuberger Berman has been named first or second in Pensions & Investments Best Places to Work in Money Management survey (among those with 1,000 employees or more). The firm manages $436 billion in client assets as of March 31, 2023. For more information, please visit our website at www.nb.com.

Neuberger Berman Insurance-Linked Strategies (NB ILS; previously known as Cartesian Re) was formed in 2009 and is part of Neuberger Berman’s alternatives platform with more than $141 billion in AUM and commitments (as of May 2023).

NB ILS’s risk-focused philosophy uses established third party catastrophe risk models, supplemented by scientific expertise and short-term climate and seismic observations to adjust its portfolio and optimize returns.

Strategy:

NB ILS focuses primarily on privately negotiated contracts and catastrophe bonds, with the objective of providing investors with attractive returns that are not correlated with broader financial markets.