new zealand superannuation fund

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super Fund), one of the government pension investment providers, has reported an impressive 12.6% return from its investments into natural catastrophe reinsurance through catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS) in the last year of record.

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super Fund), one of the government pension investment providers, has once again grown its investments linked to insurance and reinsurance over the past year, with an increase in allocation evident across all of the strategies it invests in.

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super Fund), one of the government pension providers in that country, has told a publication that it has initially marked down its catastrophe bond fund investments 9% after hurricane Ian, but cautioned that the range of potential outcomes for its broader ILS portfolio remains “wide”.

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super Fund), one of the government pension investment providers, has added to its insurance and reinsurance linked investments again in the last year, with a doubling of its allocation to investment manager Elementum Advisors, seemingly all in catastrophe bonds.

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super Fund), one of the government pension investment providers, has increased its allocations to insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance linked investments by almost 60% in the last year.

London based insurance-linked securities and reinsurance-linked investment manager Leadenhall Capital Partners has secured a major new $275m investment mandate from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. It’s not the NZ Superannuation Fund’s first allocation to insurance-linked securities but it is the largest allocation to catastrophe and reinsurance linked assets the Fund has made to date.

Here’s some more evidence of the increasing interest that large pension funds are showing in the catastrophe bond, insurance-linked securities and reinsurance-linked investment space. The New Zealand Superannuation Fund, a fund for the state-run retirement benefit (pension) available to all working New Zealanders, already has an allocation to cat bonds in its alternative investment portfolio […]

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund, a fund for the state run retirement benefit (pension) available to all working New Zealanders, made an investment in insurance-linked securities including catastrophe bonds last year (previous coverage here and here).

Earlier this year in February we wrote about the New Zealand Superannuation Fund and it’s plan to move a portion of its investments into insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bonds as a way to secure better returns during the global financial crisis. It seems that move was a positive one for the fund.

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is the fund for the state run retirement benefit (pension) available to all working New Zealanders. Many other countries have similar funds, the UK for example has the state run pension. In a first for a fund of its kind, it has announced that it will be investing some of […]