Alternative investment managers are starting to take a serious interest in catastrophe bonds tied to wildfires, moving into a risk...
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Investors in Jamaica’s catastrophe bond now face a full trigger event that would force payment of the entire $150 million...
Europe may soon get its first exchange-traded fund based on catastrophe bonds. An application to register the ETF was filed...
Investors in a catastrophe bond tied to Jamaica look set to experience a trigger event as Hurricane Melissa barrels toward...
The seemingly unstoppable rise of catastrophe bonds may now be eroding the market share of reinsurers. After years of raising...
Asset managers with sizable holdings of catastrophe bonds are watching to see how a recent recommendation by Europe’s markets watchdog...
Strong returns in the reinsurance sector are attracting capital and leading to favorable pricing outcomes for buyers — but underwriting...
One of the most successful hedge fund strategies of recent years — insurance-linked securities — is latching on to an...
Hedge fund Fermat Capital Management expects the market for catastrophe bonds to grow 20% this year, as a product based...
A bond market designed around natural catastrophes is proving remarkably resilient to a man-made market meltdown. While most markets have...