ILS funds news, insurance linked securities or ILS fund news

Catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format tracked by the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices averaged a 1% return for November, taking their year-to-date return to an average of 12.57%.

Speaking at a Fitch Ratings event on the development of insurance-linked securities (ILS) in Brazil, Rodrigo Botti, former CFO of IRB and former CEO of Terra Brasis, emphasised a domestic market-first approach, with no intention of competing with other established ILS hubs.

RenaissanceRe, the Bermuda based reinsurance company and third-party capital manager, looks set to be the latest to offer a UCITS insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund, with a fund structure now registered in Ireland under its Medici brand, so presumably this will be a cat bond strategy, Artemis has learned.

Reflecting the ability of the majority of the market to absorb initial mark-to-market losses from hurricane Milton within just a number of weeks, the broad benchmark index for insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index, delivered a positive 0.81% return for the month of October 2024.

The group of catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format have already reached a year-to-date return of 12.1% by November 15th, as the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices continues to demonstrate the very attractive returns possible from cat bond investments.

Quaestio Capital SGR S.p.A., an Italian asset manager based in Milan, has launched its first insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy and has raised €130 million for it, with a plan to invest across catastrophe bonds and private ILS arrangements through a multi-manager, fund-of-fund allocation approach.

Making adjustments to the exposure of insurance-linked securities (ILS) portfolios based on inputs gleaned from the early July hurricane season forecast can drive opportunities to generate excess returns in reinsurance, according to a study from Euler ILS Partners and Tropical Storm Risk (TSR).

According to Hilary Paul, Partner and Portfolio Manager, LGT ILS Partners, there will be further insurance-linked securities (ILS) M&A consolidation in the near term, with more transactions and join-venture agreements, especially as stand-alone managers increasingly seek economies of scale and access to rated paper.

Investors in the CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund, the stock exchange listed retrocessional reinsurance strategy operated by Markel CATCo, are getting closer still to unlocking the remaining trapped investment collateral, as a partial share redemption completes and the fund nears its run-off.

Plenum Investments, the specialist manager of catastrophe bond and other reinsurance-linked assets, has successfully grown its Plenum CAT Bond Dynamic fund to more than $200 million of assets under management.