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Hedge fund data and performance information provider, Eurekahedge, have teamed up with newly formed Asia based insurance-linked securities investment consultant, ILS Advisers, to put together an index which tracks the performance of the included insurance-linked investment funds. It’s the first index of its kind which allows investors and interested parties to analyse how the overall […]

It’s two weeks since we last looked at the Swiss Re Cat Bond Performance Indices to see how they had been performing and what that could tell us about the state of the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities market. At the time we discussed the reasons for the continuing slide in the price return of […]

Primary issuance in the catastrophe bond market has been strong at the end of 2011 and into 2012. Seven new catastrophe bond and insurance-linked security transactions have been brought to market since the start of the year and if issuance keeps going at this pace we could see a very healthy volume of deals in […]

It’s time for another look at the Swiss Re Cat Bond Performance Indices which help to illustrate the performance of outstanding catastrophe bond returns. The indices track the performance of most of the outstanding cat bonds in the market so are a good indicator of the health of the market and investor sentiment in the […]

At the end of 2011 both of the Swiss Re Cat Bond Performance Indices finished the year with an upward turn. Those who follow our regular articles discussing the indices and how they reflect the sentiment and health of the catastrophe bond market will know that recent weeks have seen the indices fluctuate as they […]

Another two weeks has passed and it’s time for another of our fortnightly looks at the Swiss Re Cat Bond Performance Indices to see how they have performed and what their movement can tell us about the mood and sentiment within the insurance-linked securities market. At this time of year the main thing to look […]

It’s time for another of our fortnightly looks at the Swiss Re Cat Bond Performance Indices to see how they have performed and what their movement can tell us about the mood and sentiment within the insurance-linked securities market. Last time we looked at the indices it was evident that the full impact of the […]

It’s time for another fortnightly look at the Swiss Re Cat Bond Performance Indices to see how they have performed and what their movement can tell us about the mood and sentiment within the insurance-linked securities market or reinforce from our other recent articles. Last time we looked at the indices they had both dropped […]

Another fortnight has passed since we last looked at the Swiss Re Cat Bond Performance Indices to assess how they have performed and reflect the mood and sentiment within the insurance-linked securities market. Last time we looked it seemed that the indices were recovering from the news that the Mariah Re catastrophe bonds were facing […]

It’s been two weeks since we last looked at the Swiss Re Cat Bond Performance Indices to assess how they have performed and reflect the mood and sentiment within the insurance-linked securities market. Last time we looked, the price return index had dipped slightly due to the news about the losses that the Mariah Re […]