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July 2008/1
  • RMS launches risk trading platform
    Risk modelling firm Risk Management Solutions (RMS) aims to boost investment in the insurance linked securities (ILS) market with an electronic ILS portfolio management platform. Aimed at “maki
    06 July 2008
  • ICAP-JLT drives electronic cat trading
    ICAP-JLT, the catastrophe swap brokerage joint venture, has launched a new screenbased insurance linked securities (ILS) broking service to trade cat bonds and “other ILS”, according to t
    06 July 2008
  • Europe's loss index launch delayed
    The much-anticipated launch of a comprehensive, stand-alone European windstorm loss index has been delayed until at least “the beginning of 2009” after failing to gain sufficient commitme
    06 July 2008
  • Juniperus blooms with first cash investment
    Investment vehicle Juniperus Insurance Opportunity Fund (JIOF) made its first investment in Hannover Re’s sidecar Globe Re, last month. The newly launched fund, which will invest in traded (re)
    06 July 2008
  • Cat bonds leap ahead with fresh faces
    First-time issuers Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co (Caelus Re), HomeWise Insurance Co (Mangrove) and Flagstone Re (Valais Re) transferred $614mn of (re) insurance risk into the capital markets in May
    06 July 2008
  • Excess capacity tempers secondary trading
    A number of maturing cat bonds in June have released capacity for investors, tempering trading in the secondary market during the recent rush of new cat bond issuance. Secondary trading of cat bonds
    06 July 2008
  • Former Guy Carp exec forms ILS advisory firm
    Christopher McGhee, former head of Guy Carpenter & Co’s specialist investment banking arm GC Securities Ltd, has formed an insurance-focused banking advisory firm. McGhee has partnered with New
    06 July 2008
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