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Third Point Re has made a strong statement of its intent to build a significant property cat business with the high profile hire of former Goldman Sachs executive Manoj Gupta, Trading Risk can reveal
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Hedge fund Paulson & Co has joined forces with Bermuda-based Validus Holdings to launch a $500mn reinsurer, PaCRe, in time for the mid-year US wind renewals.
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Risk Management Solutions manager Jinal Shah explains how the modelling firm's new Miu Pricing platform aims to help fixed income investors analyse catastrophe risk.
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Broker dealers held pricing on the troubled Nelson Re Class G notes stable in March as the defunct Swiss reinsurer Glacier Re once again extended the maturity date on the notes.
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Swiss Re's new Combine Re cat bond includes the first tranche of investment grade risk to hit the cat bond market since 2007, as industry participants welcome signs of interest from non-specialist investors nearly four years on from the financial crisis.
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Liechtenstein-based investment manager LGT Capital Management has bought Clariden Leu's ILS operations for an undisclosed sum. 0 false
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Credit Suisse Asset Management is joining forces with Bermudian run-off specialist Armour Group to fundraise for a new fund that will target run-off opportunities in the non-catastrophe side of the property & casualty insurance market.
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Swiss bank Clariden Leu has received interest from LGT Group and Schroders in buying its ILS funds management operation, according to a report in the Swiss financial media.
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The convergence market has seen $3bn-$4bn of new fund inflows in recent months as capital market investors seek returns in a weak broader market, said John Seo, founder of leading ILS investor Fermat Capital
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Alternative investments researcher Eurekahedge and Hong Kong-based advisory firm ILS Advisers have launched a new index to track returns from hedge funds specialising in ILS, the companies announced today (1 March)
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Hedge funds are showing renewed interest in the reinsurance sector after the catastrophe losses of 2011, ratings agency AM Best noted in a recent briefing paper.
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Investment manager Catco is not planning any further fundraising for the group's listed investment vehicle the Catco Reinsurance Opportunities Fund this year, it said in an update to the London Stock Exchange.
