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Cat bond funds posted their first profitable month since March.
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Former Natixis banker Alexandre Delacroix will focus on a range of capital market activities.
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The manager’s analysis concludes some funds manage risk more efficiently than others.
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Some might see the ILS sector as more institutionalised compared to personality-driven hedge funds, but there is little doubt that the original generation of ILS leaders will be hard to replace.
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Cat bonds have built-in protections against the threat of inflation, Schroders ILS chairman Dirk Lohmann has argued.
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The group-level cat impact to the combined ratio improved 0.3 points to 1.8.
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Private ILS outperformed cat bonds during the month.
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Total issuance of $4.86bn was transacted in the primary market.
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The figures include funds managed by ILS manager Fermat Capital Management.
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Craig Dandurand is to depart Australia’s Future Fund after nine years, as the pension scheme reorganised its investment team, putting its ILS portfolio under the responsibility of new head of alternatives Tammi Fischer.
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The ILS firm reported $8.5bn of assets under management at mid-year.
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The Australian investor made 5.0% on its ILS investments in the 12 months to 31 March.