ILS investors

The European Securities and Markets Association (ESMA) said that the Channel Islands and Switzerland should be eligible for passports that would allow locally-registered alternative investment funds to be distributed in the EU under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)

The slide in RenaissanceRe's catastrophe premiums stopped in the second quarter as it posted a stable level of managed cat premiums written at $439.3mn

On 30 June 2015 the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit finally put to rest the ongoing litigation relating to Mariah Re

Niklaus Hilti said that reinsurance investors could expect to earn net risk-adjusted returns of 5 percent or less in the current market, even for higher-risk deals that attract double-digit gross premium rates

The net asset value of Stone Ridge's ILS funds increased by 9 percent to $3.29bn at the end of April, up from $3.01bn at the end of January, according to its latest financial reports.

Alternative investment manager Tages Capital backed the launch of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management's ILS fund, the parties announced.

Average returns generated by seven cat bond funds in the first half of 2015 plummeted by 79 percent compared to the same period last year, the worst performance since Trading Risk began tracking the data.

Alternative market participation on the Florida Citizens Property Insurance traditional reinsurance programme dropped by 9 percentage points in 2015 as rated carriers led by Swiss Re and Everest Re bulked up their lines.

The top 10 ILS fund managers grew their collective assets under management (AuM) by less than 2 percent in the first half of 2015, according to Trading Risk records.

Axis has lifted the pre-closing dividend offered to PartnerRe investors by more than 50 percent, taking the total face value of its bid to $138.08 per share.

Alternative investment manager Tages Capital backed the launch of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management's ILS fund, the parties announced today.

More investors than ever are participating in ILS despite spread reductions over the past two years, according to Guy Carpenter