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...
Investment Funds File New Suits Over Lighthouse Insurance Collapse in 2022 April 23, 2024 By William Rabb Three investment firms connected to some of the best-known names on Wall Street have upped the ante in a legal...
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...
Risk Models Behind Insurance-Linked Securities Are Getting a Lot Harder to Crack February 26, 2024 By Gautam Naik and Sheryl Tian Tong Lee As the best hedge fund strategy of 2023 becomes a magnet for mainstream investors, the risk models it relies on...
Canadian Insurer Fairfax Denies Allegations of Asset Value Manipulation February 13, 2024 Fairfax Financial on Monday denied allegations by Muddy Waters Research that the Canadian insurer was manipulating asset values, saying the...
Muddy Waters Shorts Canada Insurer Fairfax Financial, Alleging Asset Value Manipulation February 8, 2024 By Mehnaz Yasmin Short seller Muddy Waters has placed bets against the shares of Canadian insurer Fairfax Financial alleging manipulation in its asset...
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...
Crypto, Insurance-Linked and Trend Hedge Funds Most Popular With Investors: Report December 13, 2023 By Nell Mackenzie Trend-following and niche hedge funds that trade crypto currencies and insurance-linked assets attracted most new investor money in the first...
Global Watchdog Warns Over ‘Very High Leverage’ in Hedge Funds September 6, 2023 By Huw Jones Leverage is now very high in parts of the $7 trillion hedge fund sector, G20 risk watchdog Financial Stability Board...
Libor Zombies Pit Hedge Funds Against Banks, Insurers in High-Stakes Feud August 28, 2023 By Tasos Vossos and William Shaw One of the most lucrative, and contentious, trades of 2023 has emerged in an obscure corner of financial markets, minting...