Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China has borrowed almost as cheaply as the US after returning to the global dollar bond market for the first time in three years. Investors placed nearly $40bn of orders to buy $2bn … Read more
The global IT outage caused by a defective software update from CrowdStrike has highlighted the “persistent uncertainty” in the cyber catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class, rating agency AM Best said, also highlighting that there is uncertainty surrounding the tail and potential for loss development, which it seems is misunderstood.On CrowdSrike, AM Best … Read more
Jordan Strah has taken on the position of Portfolio Manager for the catastrophe bond funds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS) strategies at Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions.Strah joined K2 Advisors, the hedge fund focused unit of Franklin Templeton, back in 2022 working as a Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager within the team that looked after the … Read more
Already in 2024, the dollar amount of new Rule 144A property catastrophe bonds issued and settled has reached the second-highest level on record, with almost $12.8 billion in completed property cat bond deals tracked in the Artemis Deal Directory so far this year.Using our charts you can analyse the mix of issuance we include in … Read more
To find the best high-yield bond mutual funds, we began with the Fidelity Investments screener. Our initial list was 381 funds, including both taxable and tax-exempt municipal bond mutual funds. We screened out all funds with lower than neutral Morningstar rankings. The remaining group included many institutional class funds with minimum initial investments of at … Read more
