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  • Secondary market traders registered an uptick in cat bond trading in November, as the US wind season drew to a close and US wind-exposed bonds came off-risk.
  • The secondary market price of 2009 cat bonds has shot up to an average 108-112 cents to the dollar, reflecting strong demand for the high yields in early post-Lehman issuance.
  • Secondary market pricing on Glacier Re's troubled Nelson Re Class G notes slumped to around 7-10 cents to the dollar after Moody's Investor Service downgraded the $67.5mn US wind-exposed G tranche in late November on news of mounting losses from Hurricane Ike.
  • The four cat bonds to close in recent weeks were all upsized, but investors' participation was still heavily marked down...
  • As the year-end inches closer, the tally of ILS issuance has reached $2.5bn. And with a healthy pipeline of deals, total issuance for the year is set to exceed the $2.8bn of deals placed in 2008.
  • The resilient performance of catastrophe bonds has enabled Amlin's ILS fund manager, Leadenhall Capital Partners, to post an 11.5 percent return on its portfolio this year.
  • Moody's Investors Service has confirmed the Baa1 rating of $95mn of Unum's Tailwind life securitisations and withdrawn the ratings on $575mn of Protective's Golden Gate II life securitisations, following the February downgrade of monoline insurer MBIA Insurance Corporation.
  • Moody's downgraded Nelson Re's $67.5mn Class G notes to Ca from B3 on 24 November, concluding a review for downgrade initiated in March this year.
  • A desire by investors for transparency and greater regulatory oversight following last year's Bernard Madoff fraud is causing more European hedge funds to head onshore, according to research by HedgeFund Intelligence.
  • The world's largest reinsurer, Munich Re, has set out its plans to develop the ILS sector by championing lower returns and less concentration on peak US wind perils.