Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China is accelerating efforts to build a series of giant banks and brokerages as it pushes to consolidate the financial sector and make it better able to weather economic shocks. Nearly one in … Read more
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), a long-standing pension investor in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, has promoted Shavir Nagarwalla to the role of Managing Director, Head of Hedge Funds and Insurance Linked Securities.Nagarwalla has a background in investments at pension funds and endowments, with a focus on allocating to hedge funds, external managers and other … Read more
At Artemis’ ILS NYC 2025 conference, which took place in February, a panel of leading industry voices examined how the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is responding to a higher-risk world, while maintaining performance and attracting institutional capital.The panel discussion was moderated by Lorenzo Volpi, Deputy CEO and Managing Partner, Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP. He was … Read more
Consecutive record years of cat bond issuance, a fast start to this year, a broadening investor and sponsor base, and expansion into perils like cyber and casualty, means it’s an exciting time to be in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space, according to Jason Bolding, CEO of Gallagher Securities.Bolding recently took over as CEO of Gallagher … Read more
2024 was another record issuance year for the catastrophe bond market and with total alternative reinsurance capital reaching new heights, the way insurance-linked securities (ILS) managers and investors matched appropriate risk returns was a notable success, according to Bill Dubinsky, Managing Director and CEO of Gallagher Securities.We spoke with Dubinsky, who heads up the capital … Read more