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Second quarter returns from a group of ILS funds tracked by Trading Risk were up year-on-year, despite the impact of catastrophe losses that have affected some private reinsurance strategies.
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Assets under management (AuM) at the top 10 ILS funds grew by 7.7 percent in the half-year to 1 July, as growth accelerated from late 2015.
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Brexit market volatility could increase investor interest in the ILS sector but the results are not expected to be meaningful, various market participants agreed
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Gator Re regained some value on the secondary market during trading in late June and early July, according to Finra Trace data
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Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance is offering to issue cat bond protection on behalf of Japanese corporates, the Nikkei Asian Review reported
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Stone Ridge Asset Management expanded the net asset base of its three reinsurance funds by 7 percent in the past quarter to $4.76bn, as it lifted its stake in Swiss Re sidecar Sector Re
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The Pioneer ILS Interval Fund delivered a 6.01 percent gain in net asset value during the six months to 30 April, as the fund reached $110.95mn.
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Scott Maries has left Enstar and will join Validus, Trading Risk can reveal
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Expected 2016 returns from the Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund have dropped to between 5 to 9 percent, down from the 7 to 12 percent guidance range given in the first quarter, as a result of catastrophe events in the US, Japan and Canada
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Nephila Capital is preparing to expand into multi-peril US homeowners' insurance as it broadens its primary market strategy through new platform Velocity Risk Underwriters
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Paul Schultz, CEO of Aon Securities, was named the Outstanding Contributor of the Year at the 2016 Trading Risk awards in London last night (16 June)
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The ILS market's future growth is likely to be spurred largely by collateralised reinsurance, according to Michael Stahel, partner and portfolio manager at LGT ILS Partners
