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Gregor Gawron and two other former ILS executives from Falcon Private Bank have re-emerged at Zurich-based investment management firm Dynapartners and are launching a new cat bond fund, Trading Risk understands.
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Entropics Asset Management is seeking approval from Swedish regulators to launch a fund management business that will target the cat bond market.
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The average ILS fund gained 0.35 percent in January, according to the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index.
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Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund, the London-listed ILS fund managed by Montpelier Re, plans to complete a further share placement in March.
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Institutional investors continued to strengthen their allocations to hedge funds over the course of 2013, according to Deutsche Bank's twelfth annual Alternative Investor Survey.
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London-based investment manager Acheron Capital and Peter Vloedman-led Anchor Risk Advisors have pulled out of the ILS market, Trading Risk understands.
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Catlin has established its first non-Lloyd's sidecar for 2014 in what the company's CEO said was a new initiative going into "unchartered territory"
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The top 10 ILS fund managers expanded their assets under management (AuM) by $4.5bn over the past six months, and $8bn over the course of 2013, according to our exclusive Trading Risk survey.
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Catlin has set aside capital to invest in two reinsurance funds as it weighs up whether to enter the third-party asset management space, according to the company's founding CEO Stephen Catlin.
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ILS fund manager Nephila Capital's assets under management rose by a quarter to $10bn in 2013, capping off a strong first year in its partnership with KKR, according to the buyout firm's fourth-quarter results.
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Montpelier Re-backed investment fund Blue Capital Re has provided more details on its 2014 portfolio after deploying $144mn of limit in the January renewals, representing 90 percent of the total capital it expects to deploy in 2014
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2013 was the best year for ILS fund returns since 2010, according to the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index.
