Cat bond fund news

As hurricane Beryl travelled across the Caribbean towards Jamaica, Mexico and Texas, there were minor movements in the share prices of some US mutual catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds.

The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI), working in consultation with participating ILS managers, investors and interested parties, has again updated its Insurance Open Protocol reporting template for insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance linked investment funds.

Switzerland based pension fund Nest Sammelstiftung, or the Nest Collective Foundation, has highlighted the diversifying benefit of its insurance-linked securities (ILS) allocation, pointing to ILS market returns as a bright spot from 2023.

Selling pressure in the secondary market for catastrophe bonds appears to have resulted in record levels of trading activity during the month of May, according to Florian Steiger, CEO of specialist cat bond investment fund manager Icosa Investments AG.

Brookmont Capital Management, LLC, an SEC registered investment manager, has launched a prospectus for the Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF, a new exchange traded fund strategy that will be predominantly focused on the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class.

The Ambassador US mutual catastrophe bond fund strategy operated by advisor Embassy Asset Management has continued to expand in the busy cat bond market, driving its net assets to a new high of $263 million by July.

With catastrophe bond market yields remaining elevated at above the 13% mark, investment manager Twelve Capital has noted that this level of return represents a “natural buffer” against hurricane losses.

Investment manager Amundi US has continued to expand its most recently launched dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy, with the Pioneer CAT Bond Fund having more than doubled in size in 2024, now reaching over $338 million.

Catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format saw their combined assets under management grow to $12.2 billion by the end of the first-half of 2024, rising 4% in the second-quarter and 11% in the first-half. Impressively, as a share of the outstanding cat bond market, these UCITS fund strategies now make up 25% of risk […]

A strong performance and recovery in June as catastrophe bond spreads largely came back into line has helped the first-half 2024 average return of UCITS catastrophe bond funds reach 4.72%, according to the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.