ILS funds news, insurance linked securities or ILS fund news

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King Ridge Capital Advisors LLC, a recently launched specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has announced the hiring of former-PIMCO executive Shiraj Khan, who joins the company as Partner, Senior Vice President, and Head of Property Analytics and Research.

Euler ILS Partners, the specialist Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has hired Anton Ohneseit who brings investment analysis expertise gained from time most recently at UBS and Credit Suisse.

Plenum Investments AG, the Swiss based specialist manager of catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, has hired Raphael Kron, an executive with significant experience advising institutional clients in the region, as well as specific cat bond expertise.

Issuance of catastrophe bonds and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) approached a massive $10.5 billion for the second-quarter of 2025, growing the outstanding cat bond market by $4.6 billion to a new end of quarter high of $56.7 billion, Artemis’ new quarterly cat bond market report shows.

Cedar Trace, the Bermuda-based insurance, reinsurance, and asset management group formerly operating under the Mereo brand, has made three senior appointments to its insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform.

Cedar Trace Group, the Bermuda based insurance, reinsurance and asset management specialist, has established a partnership with Austin, Texas based fixed income and alternative solutions manager Sage Advisory Services Ltd. Co., to deliver insurance-linked securities (ILS) enhanced credit opportunities to investors.

Across the insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund sector the month of May 2025 was a positive one, with the average across all private ILS and catastrophe bond funds tracked by the ILS Advisers Fund Index reaching a +0.79% return for the period.

Perren Capital Management Ltd., a Bermuda-based third-party capital reinsurance manager launched by Darren Redhead, has announced the hire of former Nephila Capital reinsurance controller Susan Richardson as the firm’s first Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Markel, the global specialty insurer, has promoted Nikki-Lynn Marshall to the role of Head of insurance-linked securities (ILS), after just six months in her previous role with the firm.