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  • US regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is asking for public submissions as it prepares for a busy year of rulemaking, after President Obama signed a sweeping financial services reform bill into law yesterday (21 July).
  • Buyers of lower trigger level marine industry loss warranties (ILWs) are struggling to find affordable cover as sellers effectively take the contracts off the counter in the wake of Deepwater Horizon, Trading Risk can reveal.
  • Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has raised credit ratings on Swiss Re's Vega Capital catastrophe bonds after two years have passed without any risk events triggering capital calls on the bonds.
  • Secondary market cat bond pricing has increased by 0.2 percent in the week to 16 July, showing weak signs of recovery after a mammoth eight-week slide which saw valuations fall more than 2 percent.
  • Cat derivatives trader Jeremy Crowch has left Evolution Markets to join independent London broker Miller Insurance Services, Trading Risk understands.
  • A tranche of Crystal Credit bonds have had their credit ratings downgraded again after ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) received new data from reinsurer Swiss Re.
  • Pension funds are continuing to diversify their range of alternative asset investments, with a total of $817bn invested in the class during 2009 through funds of funds, according to research from Towers Watson and the Financial Times.
  • A combination of the Euro currency crisis and pressure on mark-to-market pricing of cat bonds has led to negative returns for some dedicated cat fund investors.
  • Reinsurer PartnerRe leverages its catastrophe and life underwriting expertise as an active ILS investor. Brian Tobben, head of PartnerRe's ILS unit, discusses his view of the convergence markets.
  • In our regular ILW quarterly update, Willis Re executive director Henry Kingham sees strong Q2 ILS issuance starving ILW buyers of capital markets capacity. ILWs now offer a hard market haven for those with the cash to invest...