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Securis Investment Partners, the London-headquartered insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance-linked investments manager, has significantly increased its ILS assets under management to $6.2 billion as of the start of the year, a 35% uplift in just six months.

Management and oversight of the special purpose Lloyd’s of London syndicate 6129 joint venture, which is backed by insurance and reinsurance investment manager Securis Investment Partners, has been taken over by Bermudian re/insurer AXIS Capital, as the firm consolidates its responsibilities following its acquisition of Novae Group.

Bermuda-headquartered P&C legacy and run-off reinsurance specialist, as well as founders of ILS Investment Management (ILSIM), Armour Group has raised a $500 million investment round led by private-equity specialists Aquiline Capital Partners to fund further growth.

The Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) insurance-linked strategies team and sub-advisor ILS Investment Management (ILSIM) are in the process of raising a second ILS fund focused on property and casualty run-off opportunities, with filings showing around $282.5 million successfully raised of a targeted maximum of $800 million.

Insurance and reinsurance linked investment specialist Twelve Capital Management has made a significant equity investment in U.S. primary property and casualty insurance group Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.

As we said should be expected last week, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and collateralized reinsurance investment fund market has fallen to an August loss due to the impact of hurricane Harvey, with the average return across 34 tracked ILS funds coming out at -0.34% for the month.

Reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager Blue Capital Management said today that it is suspending its share repurchase programme for the listed Blue Capital Alternative Income Fund (formerly known as the Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund), as it waits to see if there will be any impact from Hurricane Irma to its portfolio.

Reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager Blue Capital Management reported on target returns for its listed ILS fund strategy in the first-half of 2017, but noted that it is now monitoring the impacts of hurricane Harvey closely to identify any threat to the fund’s investment positions.

The average return of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance linked investment funds reached 0.57% in July 2017, as seasonal effects began to boost the return of the ILS investment market, despite some further erosion of private ILS contract deductibles from U.S. severe thunderstorms.

London and Lloyd’s specialty market insurance and reinsurance player Novae Group has continued to expand its excess & surplus lines property insurance in the first-half of this year, assisted by the provision of capacity from ILS investment manager Securis Investment Partners.