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The influx of capital into ILS funds continued last month, with two European funds winning major mandates.
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Andrew Sterge has left multi-strategy investment firm Magnetar Capital with a view to re-forming part of his insurance-linked investment team, Trading Risk understands.
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Swiss investment manager Twelve Capital has secured a $150mn ILS mandate from Denmark's largest occupational pension fund.
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London-based ILS manager Leadenhall Capital Partners has raised another $50mn from investors, compounding an earlier $50mn June inflow and taking total assets under management to $210mn.
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Clariden Leu shuts doors to cash influx; Alternative beta for Australian fund; Greenlight reports lossTraymar courts private equity for $100mn life settlement fund
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A handful of small to mid-sized European ILS fund managers have succeeded in riding the wave of interest in insurance-linked investments by raising over $250mn in recent weeks, Trading Risk can reveal.
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Collateralised reinsurer Aeolus Capital Management has raised more than $500mn to invest in the mid-year renewals as its private equity owners back out of the business, Trading Risk can reveal.
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London-based ILS manager Leadenhall Capital Partners has raised $50mn from new investors this year to take its assets under management to about $165mn.
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Prominent ILS fund manager Clariden Leu has once again closed its flagship Swiss-domiciled cat bond fund to new capital inflows after cat bond issuance has failed to keep pace with investment intake.
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Japanese losses and cat bond markdowns have hit many ILS fund managers' monthly performance results and will leave them with lower levels of diversifying assets.
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Start-up reinsurer Catco's annual gross returns could drop from 23 percent to 5 percent if it suffered a complete loss on its Japanese earthquake exposure, the firm's latest monthly update to investors reveals.
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Serial (re)insurance entrepreneur Don Kramer is talking to institutional investors about opportunities in the insurance-linked capital markets sector, Trading Risk can reveal.
