ILS funds news, insurance linked securities or ILS fund news

Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions, the more hedge fund focused part of the global asset manager, has maintained its strongly overweight conviction on the catastrophe bond asset class, while adopting a neutral stance on all other insurance-linked securities (ILS).

At the Hannover Re investor day this week Executive Board Member Silke Sehm explained that the establishment of Hannover Re Capital Partners unit is seen as a new sidecar business opportunity, that will help the reinsurance firm write more property catastrophe risk and earn additional fee income.

The Government Superannuation Fund Authority of New Zealand has demonstrated its growing appetite to invest into catastrophe bonds and other catastrophe reinsurance opportunities, by adding insurance-linked securities (ILS) specialist Elementum Advisors to its roster of managers this year.

In a third interval fund launched under the partnership between alternative asset manager Calamos and specialist alternative investment consultant Aksia insurance-linked securities (ILS) are a component, as the newly launched Calamos Aksia Hedged Strategies Fund (HEDGX) has an allocation to the RenaissanceRe Medici catastrophe bond strategy.

MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global re/insurer has appointed former Nephila executive and insurance-linked securities (ILS) expert Darren Toh as a Senior Underwriter within its Asia Pacific division, as the company continues to expand its presence and invest in strategic growth across the region.

Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM), the reinsurance, insurtech, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and transportation focused investment manager, has hired life ILS portfolio management specialist Antonio Pombeiro, who joins the firm from Twelve Securis .

This video features the first panel discussion of the day at Artemis London 2025, a session focused on the private insurance-linked securities market segment, from our fourth catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in the City of London, UK, held on September 2nd 2025.

Pillar Capital Management Limited, the Bermuda-based specialist collateralized reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has promoted Kevin Ronaldson to the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Continued strong seasonality lifted the average 2025 year-to-date return of UCITS catastrophe bond investment funds to 7.25% by September 26th, according to the latest data from the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.

AM Best has updated its rating outlooks for RenaissanceRe and its subsidiaries, now seeing the reinsurance firm’s prospects as positive, rather than stable, citing improved performance, a more balanced business due to diversification, and of course the firm’s ability to attract third-party capital through joint-ventures and ILS partnerships.