Pioneer ILS Interval Fund

Asset management giant Amundi Pioneer Investment Management is seeking to add a second share class to its expanding U.S. mutual fund insurance-linked securities and reinsurance linked investment strategy, the Pioneer ILS Interval Fund, which would help to broaden its appeal to investors.

During the last quarter of record the Pioneer ILS Interval Fund, a U.S. mutual fund insurance-linked securities and reinsurance linked investment strategy operated by asset manager Amundi Pioneer Investment Management, expanded significantly, growing assets under management for the strategy by 88% to over $676 million.

Following the impact of the major catastrophe losses of 2017 the Pioneer ILS Interval Fund, a U.S. mutual fund insurance-linked securities and reinsurance linked investment strategy operated by asset manager Amundi Pioneer Investment Management, saw its assets under management shrink due to losses affecting numerous positions in the portfolio.

The Pioneer ILS Interval Fund, a U.S. mutual fund insurance-linked securities and reinsurance linked investment strategy operated by asset manager Pioneer Investment Management, has increased its assets under management bu almost 28% in the last reported quarter, reaching $390 million by the end of July 2017.

The approach, impacts and industry loss expectations associated with hurricane Maria appears to have caused a further dip in the values of interval reinsurance and ILS funds managed by Stone Ridge Asset Management and Amundi Pioneer, suggesting both could have additional exposure to the storm.

The Pioneer ILS Interval Fund, a U.S. mutual fund insurance-linked securities and reinsurance linked investment strategy operated by asset management giant Pioneer Investments, has seen its assets under management jump to $305 million by April 1st, a 25% increase in a three month period.

U.S. mutual fund manager Pioneer Investments has seen a significant increase in assets under management of its Pioneer ILS Interval Fund insurance-linked securities and reinsurance linked investment strategy, with the fund’s AuM jumping 52% to $245 million by the end of January 2017.

The Pioneer ILS Interval Fund, U.S. mutual fund manager Pioneer Investments insurance-linked securities and reinsurance linked investment fund, continued to grow in the last quarter reaching $161.7 million in size, while returning an impressive 11.23% in its last reported year despite catastrophe event impacts.

Amundi, the largest European asset manager in terms of AuM, has acquired Pioneer Investments, a global asset manager with a strong focus on insurance-linked securities (ILS) and over $1.65 billion invested in insurance and reinsurance linked assets.

In the last reported quarter U.S. mutual fund manager Pioneer Investments has grown its interval style insurance-linked securities and reinsurance linked investment fund, the Pioneer ILS Interval Fund, by another 28% to reach almost $142m of ILS assets under management.