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Hedge funds are showing increased interest in the reinsurance sector as they look for ways to diversify their investment strategies and to deploy their accumulated capital, according to a briefing paper published by ratings agency A.M. Best. The extent of the catastrophic losses experienced during 2011 has served to heighten this interest as hedge fund […]

An article published today on Opalesque, a publisher of news and insight on the alternative investments and hedge fund market, highlights insurance-linked securities as an asset class offering attractive returns. The article which briefly discusses the fact that small hedge funds have been outperforming larger hedge funds in January 2012, picks out ILS as one […]

Hedge fund backed Bermuda reinsurer Third Point Reinsurance Company have published a press release announcing further operational milestones as the start-up company gets down to business. Third Point Re was launched with the backing of New York based hedge fund Third Point LLC and raised over $750m of capital ($785m apparently) which they’re now putting […]

Recently formed reinsurer Third Point Reinsurance Company, which launched with the backing of New York based hedge fund Third Point LLC and raised over $750m of capital as we wrote here, has announced two senior appointments both of whom have left reinsurance broker Aon Benfield to work for the startup Bermuda reinsurer.

Hedge Fund Alert, one of the leading publications covering the hedge fund investment industry, have published an interesting article which discusses the results of their annual industry outlook survey. The article says that the consensus among 20 participants in their survey was that large institutional investors, such as pension funds, endowments and insurers, are becoming […]

It’s being reported in some of the financial and hedge fund press that the start-up reinsurer being launched with the backing of New York based hedge fund Third Point LLC  has closed its initial fundraising round on the 27th December having raised over $750m in initial capital. We presume that Third Point Re will be […]

Another reinsurance company has been formed which has strong links to a hedge fund. In what is becoming quite a trend, Third Point Re has launched in Bermuda as a way to raise additional capital for New York based hedge fund Third Point LLC, according to Bloomberg.

Ipac Asset Management, an Australian investment management firm, has diversified its investment portfolio through a $50m stake in the new Palmetto Australian Unit Trust fund managed by Nephila Capital.

So the New York Insurance Exchange is back in the news (via the NY Times) again this week with Gov. David A. Paterson announcing plans for a Lloyd’s of London style insurance and reinsurance exchange. Aiming to specialise in complex risks such as hurricane, other catastrophe, terror risks and hard to place liabilities the thought […]

Leadenhall Capital Partners have announced that they are to launch two $50m insurance linked security investment funds and both will be based in Dublin, Ireland. Through the funds Leadenhall are aiming to provide investors with access to returns from the insurance and reinsurance markets through investments in catastrophe bonds, CAT swaps and other insurance-linked investments.