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XL CEO Mike McGavick said that capital providers interested in moving into reinsurance have put an increased focus on underwriting in the past year, speaking on a conference call today to discuss the company's takeover of Catlin.

Validus subsidiary AlphaCat Managers has raised $409mn of new capital into its ILS Funds and renewed its sidecar, AlphaCat 2015, at $155mn.

Aspen's capital markets division has renewed the Silverton Re sidecar with $85mn of capital for 2015, up from $65mn this year, the company announced today (19 December).

The largest specialist ILS fund managers began foraging for new types of risk in 2014 as they gained more ground in the property cat reinsurance market.

Amlin will pay an estimated $29.1mn (£18.1mn) to acquire another 35 percent share in London-based fund manager Leadenhall Capital Partners, taking its total stake to 75 percent.

ILS fund manager Eskatos Capital Management has reserved for a potential loss from the Brisbane storms that struck in late November, which is set to cause industry losses of more than $400mn.

Oppenheimer's Master Event-Linked Bond Fund reported a 6.43 percent gain over the year to 30 September, according to its latest annual report.

Amlin will pay an estimated $29.1mn (£18.1mn) to take another 35 percent share in London-based fund manager Leadenhall Capital Partners, taking its total stake to 75 percent.

The Gam Star cat bond fund, managed by Fermat Capital, has generated a total return of 24 percent since its launch at the end of October 2011, with an annualised return of 7.4 percent.

LGT Group has restructured its ILS division to become a separate legal entity in order to segregate its activities from LGT Capital Partners' fund-of-fund investments.

Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has closed its new run-off fund - the ILS Property & Casualty Fund - with $576mn of capital commitments, as of 30 September.

AlphaCat's new BetaCat fund will be charging investors a management fee of 25 basis points (bps), setting a new low within the ILS market, Trading Risk understands.