Cat bond fund news

Euler ILS Partners, the specialist Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has appointed former senior Swiss Re executive and ILS specialist Martin Bisping to become the new Chairman of its Board of Directors.

Icosa Investments AG has confirmed the appointment of Dr. Raffaele Dell’Amore as a Partner and member of the firm’s management team. In this role, he will lead the continued expansion and institutionalisation of Icosa’s offering, with a particular focus on catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS).

UCITS catastrophe bond funds delivered an average return of 0.36% through the month of May, taking the year-to-date 2026 return through May 29th to 2.28%, while rolling twelve month performance declined slightly to 10.18%, according to the latest data from the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.

RenaissanceRe Capital Partners, the specialist division of the reinsurer, lifted its third-party investor capital managed across joint-venture reinsurance and insurance-linked securities strategies by around 7% over the last year, to end March 2026 with $8.46 billion of assets under management.

The overall catastrophe bond market yield or coupon available to investors continued to rise through May, as expected seasonal spread widening lifted total returns to 9.42% by May 29th. But this remains ~14% behind the level seen a year earlier due to softer pricing across reinsurance and cat bonds, the latest data from Plenum Investments […]

Plenum Investments, the specialist manager of catastrophe bond and other reinsurance-linked assets, has announced that its Plenum CAT Bond Dynamic Fund has crossed approximately USD 600 million in assets under management, which according to the firm underscores the success of the fund’s efficiency-oriented investment approach.

With the catastrophe bond asset class continuing to gain awareness and traction across investors worldwide, atmencapital is the first asset manager to plan to launch a UCITS catastrophe bond fund that will be domiciled and regulated in France.

Icosa Investments AG is adding experienced insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bond investments specialist Raffaele Dell’Amore as a new Portfolio Manager for its growing Icosa Cat Bond Fund strategy, Artemis has learned.

Hiscox Capital Partners, the division of Hiscox Re that encompasses insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments and quota-share partnerships, has won a US $1 billion mandate from giant Australian investor TCorp, which is the sovereign investment manager for the New South Wales (NSW) public sector, according to a report.

UCITS catastrophe bond funds currently stand at an average return for 2026 through May 1st of 1.91%, while their performance over the last twelve months stands at an average return of 10.37%, according to the latest data from the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.