K2 Advisors, the hedge fund focused investment management unit of Franklin Templeton, has maintained its overweight view on the catastrophe bond and broader insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class for the fourth-quarter, citing opportunities it sees in the market as well as the still historically high yields that are available.The investment manager says, on ILS in … Read more
Highlighting the still wide-range of uncertainty in insurance market loss estimates after hurricane Milton, catastrophe bond investment manager Icosa Investments AG has noted that the cat bond market seems not to have discounted prices as widely to account for uncertainty this time.After hurricane Ian, the catastrophe bond market fell by roughly 10% in a sharp … Read more
Catastrophe bond fund manager Icosa Investments has highlighted current uncertainty over the level of losses the market may face from hurricane Milton, but notes that while some principal losses seem likely there remains a high level of uncertainty over certain structures, especially aggregate cat bonds that have much of their risk periods left to run.The … Read more
Responding to the potential impact of losses from hurricane Milton, the catastrophe bond market has fallen by just 1.34% at the end of week pricing of the index calculated by Swiss Re Capital Markets, while the US wind specific version of the cat bond index fell by only 3.64%.It’s a stark contrast to how the … Read more
Investment manager Amundi US has continued to attract capital to its most recently launched dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy, as the Pioneer CAT Bond Fund has now reached $426 million in assets, now roughly tripling in size over the course of 2024 so far.This success in raising capital for the investment manager’s first dedicated … Read more
