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Specialist ILS fund managers are coming under increased fee pressure from institutional investors, despite increased inflows into the sector, Trading Risk has found
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Pimco is understood to be among the wave of generalist investors renewing their interest in the cat bond market, forming part of a trend that has helped de-couple cat bond pricing dynamics from the reinsurance market cycle
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Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund - the third-party management arm of Bermudian reinsurer Montpelier Re - is to raise fresh capital to invest in fully collateralised reinsurance-linked contracts and other cat-exposed ILS
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Nationwide Mutual has brought another layer of its latest Caelus Re cat bond to market following the advantageous pricing achieved on the original bond, Trading Risk understands
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KKR: Nephila can scale up; Blue Water dealing; Amlin makesreinsurance savings
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Reinsurers are likely to pursue third party capital structures with longer-term horizons such as cat funds or permanent sidecars in 2013, while the number of temporary, opportunistic sidecars looks set to diminish, a panel of experts agreed at the annual Sifma ILS conference.
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The small size of the alternative reinsurance sector may constrain the pace of its growth but there is still room for it to expand by 30-40 percent, according to Goldman Sachs managing director Shiv Kumar
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Investors in the $67.5mn Class G tranche of Nelson Re notes will be repaid in full after Glacier Re withdrew its arbitration case to give a smooth conclusion to a rocky four years for investors
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Longer-tail casualty business could "superficially" fit the risk appetite of pension funds better than property catastrophe reinsurance, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) analyst Meyer Shields argued in a recent note on the industry.
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Two managers have launched new ILS operations as the industry experiences a resurgence of interest from non-specialist investors
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Florida Citizens Property Insurance has brought its second Everglades Re cat bond to market and hopes to raise $250mn of cover at a significantly lower premium than the 2012 deal, according to sources
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Bermudian short-tail specialist Lancashire has appointed Darren Redhead as head of its newly formed capital management business following the surprise exit of Simon Fascione
