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Insurance-linked securities (ILS) continue to stand out as a compelling asset class, not just for their strong returns, but for their unique ability to remain uncorrelated with broader financial markets, according to Mark Gibson, Senior Investment Director, ILS, at Schroders Capital.

For many investors a high return is not the only reason for looking at alternative asset classes and hedge funds. Research shows many only seek a 4% to 6% return, information that will comfort the insurance linked investment market at a time of softer prices.

The appeal of reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) as an alternative asset class continues to grow among multi-asset fund managers. These funds provide diversified ways to invest across multiple asset classes, and reinsurance is increasingly popular due to its low-correlation.

Five years on from one of the largest financial firm failures ever, the bankruptcy and collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers, many global financial assets have struggled to provide attractive returns as the world’s economies struggled to recover, with some being hit by multiple recessions.

The DCG Iris insurance-linked securities fund has issued 9,174,000 new Sterling Shares at a price of 101.12 pence per share as it closes its latest round of fund-raising which we had written was underway in April. The additional shares grow the fund, which is managed by Dexion Capital as a feeder fund into a Credit Suisse managed […]

The DCG Iris insurance-linked securities fund, a London Stock Exchange listed closed end ILS investment fund operated by investment manager Dexion Capital, is actively raising more capital and aiming to close another placement of new shares in the fund by late May. DCG Iris has been raising new capital as part of a share placement […]

The DCG Iris insurance-linked securities fund, a London Stock Exchange listed closed end ILS investment fund operated by investment manager Dexion Capital, has released some figures on its progress in recent months. The fund launched in June 2012, raising just over $40m to begin with and followed that by adding another 11m shares in late […]

Last month we wrote about another of the UK’s independent asset managers which had increased its allocation to reinsurance and catastrophe risk through one of the ILS and reinsurance funds we cover regularly here on Artemis. Premier Fund Managers, a UK investment manager offering a range of fund based investments to private clients and professional […]

Another of the UK’s independent asset managers has followed a trend which is emerging where some independent investment houses increase their allocations to reinsurance and catastrophe risk through some of the ILS and reinsurance funds we cover here on Artemis. This time around the asset manager in question is Premier Fund Managers, a UK investment […]

Here’s some more evidence which shows the appetite that large independent investment managers have for reinsurance as an asset class right now. F&C Asset Management, a London Stock Exchange listed investment house, has increased its allocation to the Montpelier Re backed Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund to now hold just over 15% of the funds […]