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The industry-loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual fund strategy offered by investment adviser City National Rochdale (CNR) has grown its net assets by roughly 9% during the last quarter of record.

Investment adviser City National Rochdale (CNR) explained that strong demand was seen for industry-loss warranty (ILW) capacity at the January 2021 reinsurance renewals and with capacity for this market still seen as more limited, more of the same is expected for June.

City National Rochdale’s largely industry loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment fund increased its total net assets under management to $147.8 million by the end of October 2020, an increase of 13% in the quarter.

Demand for reinsurance and retrocessional protection in the form of industry loss warranties (ILW’s) increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic and favourable market conditions are expected to persist, with a chance of higher demand again towards the end of this year, City National Rochdale has explained.

City National Rochdale’s industry loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment fund grew during the last quarter and saw “positive opportunities” at the January reinsurance renewals, with an expectation of the ILW market seeing dynamic conditions and improving returns.

Industry loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment fund City National Rochdale Select Strategies (CNRLX), grew its net assets by 13% in the quarter to July 31st, but also saw fresh losses on two positions as hurricane Irma continued to develop.

City National Rochdale Select Strategies (CNRLX), an industry loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment fund, has continued to steadily grow its assets during its last reported quarter, although some loss impacts remain visible in the fund portfolio.

The City National Rochdale Select Strategies Fund (CNRLX), an industry loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment fund, managed a 6.6% annual return in the year to Jan 31st 2019, while its assets under management increased in the last quarter as well.

Industry loss warranty (ILW) investment focused mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund, the City National Rochdale Select Strategies Fund (CNRLX), has grown in its last reported quarter while at the same time losses from the prior year appear to have been largely settled.

There has been little in the way of assets under management growth at the industry loss warranty (ILW) focused mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund, the City National Rochdale Select Strategies Fund (CNRLX), in the latest quarter.