ILS funds news, insurance linked securities or ILS fund news

Securis Investment Partners, the London-headquartered specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has announced the hiring of Armand Foy to the role of Investor Relations (North America).

With the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market expected to continue growing by analysts at investment bank Jefferies, they say that this will necessitate a continued expansion further into new and secondary perils, to offer broader risk management for re/insurers and an increasingly diversified investment choice for allocators.

A new study by specialist manager of catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, Plenum Investments, has revealed that a lower expected loss of a portfolio should not always be considered a key indicator of a fund’s level of risk, in comparison to other funds.

LGT Capital Partners believes that 2025 should see continued growth of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class, as well as attractive allocation opportunities, against a backdrop of rising demand for protection across the insurance and reinsurance industry.

Fermat Capital Management, the specialist catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, reached a new milestone in terms of cat bond and ILS assets under management at the end of 2024, surpassing the $10 billion level for the first time.

A definitive prospectus has now been filed with the SEC 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.

Fermat Capital Management, the specialist manager of catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments, has launched a new range of commingled ILS strategies already supporting around $2 billion in assets, as well as two key hires to its global investor relations team.

Stone Ridge Asset Management, the New York based alternative risk premia focused investment manager, appears to have taken the strongest action in terms of marking down its mutual catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds on potential exposure to the California wildfires, while most other strategies in the market have barely moved.

Elementum Advisors, LLC, the alternative investment manager that specialises in collateralized natural catastrophe event reinsurance investments, has unveiled a new strategy that enhances the firm’s higher-yield strategy complement.

Catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format continued their strong growth through the end of last year, reaching a new high of just over $13.8 billion in cat bond assets under management, which represents very impressive 26% growth through 2024.