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It’s been just over three weeks since we last looked at the Swiss Re Cat Bond Performance Indices to see what they can tell us about the movements in pricing and returns of outstanding catastrophe bonds and the general sentiment of the cat bond and insurance-linked securities marketplace. The last time we looked at the […]

It’s two weeks since we last looked at the Swiss Re Cat Bond Performance Indices to see what they can tell us about the movements in pricing and returns of outstanding catastrophe bonds and the general sentiment of the cat bond and insurance-linked securities marketplace. Last time we looked the price return index had achieved […]

The downward trend in the catastrophe bond price return index has been a feature of the market since late October 2011. Price returns of outstanding catastrophe bonds have been declining steadily ever since and in 2012 the downward decline has accelerated somewhat with some steeper drops. It’s been forecast that the price return index would […]

Our regular readers will be aware that we follow the movement of the Swiss Re Cat Bond Performance Indices to see what they can tell us about the movements in pricing of outstanding catastrophe bonds and the general sentiment of the cat bond and insurance-linked securities marketplace. Since the 4th quarter of 2011 the price […]

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 […]