Hedge Fund Fermat Sees 20% Surge in Catastrophe Bond Market May 15, 2025 By Gautam Naik Hedge fund Fermat Capital Management expects the market for catastrophe bonds to grow 20% this year, as a product based...
Hedge Fund Fermat Says Returns Took a Hit Amid Catastrophe Bond Selloff August 29, 2024 By Gautam Naik Fermat Capital Management, one of the world’s biggest investors in catastrophe bonds, says anxiety about this year’s hurricane season has...
Catastrophe Bonds Are Luring Retail Investors to High-Risk Debt June 24, 2024 By Gautam Naik There was a time when investing in catastrophe bonds was the preserve of hedge funds and other sophisticated alternative asset...
Hedge Fund That Rode Catastrophe Bond Rally Mounts Tactical Retreat March 13, 2024 By Gautam Naik A hedge fund that last year delivered its best result ever thanks to catastrophe bonds is now scaling back its...
Hedge Funds Rake in Huge Profits Betting on Catastrophe Risk January 22, 2024 By Gautam Naik and Sheryl Tian Tong Lee For hedge funds, the science of catastrophes helped generate the best returns of any alternative investment strategy last year. The...
Hedge Fund Fermat Has Best Year Ever as Catastrophe Bonds Deliver Record Results January 18, 2024 By Gautam Naik Fermat Capital Management just had the best year in its more than two-decade history, after outsize bets on catastrophe bonds...
Beazley Launches Global Re/insurance Market’s First Cyber Catastrophe Bond January 9, 2023 Specialist insurer Beazley has launched the global insurance market’s first cyber catastrophe bond. The $45 million bond gives Beazley indemnity...
Catastrophe Bonds – A to Z August 7, 2018 By Russ Banham A reader of this publication, the president of an insurance agency, recently wrote to say he kept hearing about catastrophe...
Investors Remain Committed to ILS Market Despite Q3 Catastrophes: WTW October 20, 2017 ILS investors are responding to the recent spate of natural disasters by making their payments to ceding companies, while continuing...
Cat Bond Buyers Listening to Storm Forecasters, Not Buffett June 16, 2014 By Caroline Chen Bond buyers are betting more than ever on the mercy of Mother Nature as they seek to boost yields being...