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The ILS team at Swiss fund manager Partners Group is leaving the firm to launch a new investment management company.
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Rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has affirmed it's A+ credit rating on RenaissanceRe affiliate, property catastrophe reinsurer DaVinci Re, with a stable outlook.
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A lack of Lloyd's Names support has led Munich Re to withdraw its sidecar vehicle Special Purpose Syndicate (SPS) 6108, which was slated to write a quota share of new Syndicate 2318, Trading Risk understands.
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Bank of America tests market for new Barbadian collateralised retro venture
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Ex-Stark Investments ILS portfolio managers Tony Rettino and John DeCaro have launched Elementum Advisors, completing their management buy-out as first reported by Trading Risk in July.
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A loss looks increasingly likely on the Class G notes of Glacier Re's 2008 Nelson Re, as claims from last year's Hurricane Ike threaten to trigger the bond.
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Secondary market traders registered an uptick in cat bond trading in November, as the US wind season drew to a close and US wind-exposed bonds came off-risk.
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The secondary market price of 2009 cat bonds has shot up to an average 108-112 cents to the dollar, reflecting strong demand for the high yields in early post-Lehman issuance.
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The four cat bonds to close in recent weeks were all upsized, but investors' participation was still heavily marked down...
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The resilient performance of catastrophe bonds has enabled Amlin's ILS fund manager, Leadenhall Capital Partners, to post an 11.5 percent return on its portfolio this year.
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A desire by investors for transparency and greater regulatory oversight following last year's Bernard Madoff fraud is causing more European hedge funds to head onshore, according to research by HedgeFund Intelligence.
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Former RBS executives Henry Kus and Bjorn Schmolck have launched dedicated ILS vehicle Traymar Capital Ltd and are understood to be in negotiation with potential capital providers to start a series o
