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The latest data from the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices shows that the entire group averaged a 9.99% return for the latest available twelve month period, while the lower and higher-risk cohorts of UCITS cat bond funds each averaged a 10.02% return.

Azimut Investments, part of the independent European asset management and financial services group, has gained approval from the regulator in Ireland for a new UCITS catastrophe bond fund, which will be named AZ Alternative – Insurance Linked Premium Yield, Artemis can report.

The average year-to-date return of catastrophe bond investment funds in the UCITS format in 2025 reached 9.60% by November 28th, while some strategies in the category of pure cat bond funds have moved into the double-digits at this stage, according to the latest data from the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.

King Ridge Capital Advisors LLC, the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has launched its awaited UCITS exchange traded catastrophe bond fund (ETF) in partnership with UCITS ETF white-label platform provider HANetf, with the strategy already having a designated lead market maker in place.

Since the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its technical advice to the European Commission (EC) on the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive (EAD) and what that could mean for catastrophe bonds in UCITS funds, the Authority has been notably silent on the matter.

Schroders Capital, the private assets division of the global asset manager with a specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment management business, has become the second manager in the catastrophe bond market to take its UCITS cat bond fund strategy over US $4 billion in assets under management (AUM).

The UCITS exchange traded catastrophe bond fund (ETF) that is being launched by specialist investment manager King Ridge Capital Advisors LLC is set to be listed on three major exchanges under the ticker symbol CATB, Artemis has learned.

Catastrophe bond investment funds in the UCITS format have continued to deliver strong returns for their investors through October, with the average 2025 year-to-date return for these cat bond funds running at 8.88% by the end of that month, according to the latest data from the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.

With some months now passed since the ESMA recommendation regarding the eligibility of catastrophe bonds within UCITS investment fund structures, Daniel Grieger of Plenum Investments has highlighted how national regulators are not all in agreement.

Having launched its first UCITS compliant property catastrophe bond fund strategy earlier this year, the RenaissanceRe Medici UCITS Fund, the reinsurance company had grown the fund to almost $400 million in net assets by the end of the third-quarter of 2025.