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Loss faced by Ballantyne Re life securitization investors becomes clearer

News 16th August 2012

Scottish Re’s 2006 Ballantyne Re life insurance securitization transaction has been heading for what seems like an inevitable default for some time now. The Regulation XXX type life insurance linked transaction saw huge mark-to-market losses on the assets in the underlying collateral accounts. As a result it experienced regular failures to make interest payments resulting […]

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher hires ILS and reinsurance convergence law team

News 20th March 2012

Law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher (WFG) have hired a team of partners and lawyers from rival Dewey & LeBoeuf who bring with them extensive experience in the insurance-linked securities, alternative risk transfer and reinsurance / capital markets convergence area. Dewey & LeBoeuf have been dogged by rumours of issues and departures from the firm […]

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Ajax Re catastrophe bond likely to default on interest payment

News 4th March 2009

The Ajax Re Ltd catastrophe bond from Aspen Insurance is looking like it is going to default in the coming days due to it’s inability to pay an upcoming interest payment. Ajax Re is one of the bonds which used Lehman Brothers as a total-return swap counterparty and has since been watched closely after Lehman […]

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