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Third party fund management is set to become a much larger proportion of the (re)insurance industry's balance sheet as traditional carriers evolve in response to the influx of alternative capacity, according to Aon Benfield Securities president Paul Schultz.
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London-listed Catco has picked up almost a 20 percent share of the estimated $9bn indemnity retrocession market since it began underwriting at the start of 2011
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ILS managers could find it difficult to deploy capital that is entering the market chasing beta returns, PwC warned in a report released at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous
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Cat bond funds have delivered average returns of more than 5 percent to date in 2013, putting them roughly in line with their performance at the nine-month mark last year
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Baillie Gifford, TIAA-CREF and Pioneer Investments are among the key institutional investors that have increased their involvement in the ILS market over the past year, according to sources.
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Nephila co-founder Frank Majors told a Lloyd's audience today (9 October) that there is still room for alternative reinsurance providers to manoeuvre on rates, given investor demand for rare non-correlating risk
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Schroders has launched its first ILS fund since buying a 30 percent stake in Swiss fund manager Secquaero Advisors in June, the asset manager announced today (7 October)
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Montpelier Re is seeking to list Blue Capital Reinsurance, a newly formed Bermudian company that will write collateralised reinsurance, in New York and Bermuda.
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DCG Iris Limited, the London-listed ILS fund, made a total return of close to 5 percent in its first year, as a strategic shift out of a softening catastrophe bond market helped offset modest losses from Superstorm Sandy and the 2012 US drought
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The London-listed Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund has capped its upcoming fundraising at a maximum of $100mn, the Montpelier Re-backed company told investors this morning (20 September)
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Swiss investment manager Twelve Capital has announced that it will enter the insurance private debt market with the launch of two funds that will provide capital to small and medium-sized insurers.
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Montpelier Re's Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund is planning a second share placement next month, the company disclosed this morning (12 September).
