Stone Ridge Asset Management, the New York based alternative risk premia focused investment manager, grew the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) assets under management in its range of mutual reinsurance fund strategies to more than $5 billion in the last quarter of record.When we last reported on the investment managers 40’s Act compatible mutual … Read more
In the competitive market for financial advice, advisory firms often seek to find ways to differentiate themselves from one another. For firms with high-net-worth clientele, one way to do this is to offer alternative investments, such as private equity, private debt, or hedge funds, which may offer clients the ability to invest in a more … Read more
Reflecting the ability of the majority of the market to absorb initial mark-to-market losses from hurricane Milton within just a number of weeks, the broad benchmark index for insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index, delivered a positive 0.81% return for the month of October 2024.Every ILS fund tracked by the Index delivered … Read more
Kaiser Permanente is among the founding contributors to the Rose Community Foundation’s new Colorado Safe Futures Fund. The Colorado Safe Futures Fund will support public health approaches to reducing firearm-related harm across the state. Kaiser Permanente contributed $95,000 to the initial launch. Firearm-related harm includes issues like suicide and community violence, and its impacts are … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group swung to a ¥1.2tn ($7.8bn) profit in its latest quarter, driven by a string of successful initial public offerings in India and better tech valuations. The company’s results easily beat analysts’ … Read more
