All Insurance-Linked Securities articles
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PKBS cuts insurance-linked securities for fixed income, domestic property
teh scheme’s ILS active portfolio posted returns of -4.98% last year
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Features
Insurance-linked securities wind brings good news for investors
In the two decades prior to 2022, the negative correlation between stock and treasury bond market returns has been a key driver of institutional investor portfolio construction. Fixed income allocations provided investors significant relief during equity market downturns and increased expected risk-adjusted returns for the popular 60/40 stock/bond portfolio.
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Alecta sees current volatility creating good credit opportunities
Swedish pension fund reports 24% return for 2021; thanks rising stock markets, strong property market and own work to find fixed income returns
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Sweden roundup: Alecta invests $200m via property catastrophe sidecar
Plus: AP3 invests €300m in Verdane impact-focused fund
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Briefing - ILS: resilience despite the thrills
Institutional investors have piled into insurance-linked securities (ILS) with the goal of adding reliable returns and a touch of diversification to their investment strategies.
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Bfinance: real asset debt outweighs corporate private debt in 2019
Plus: JPMorgan AM calls on investors to consider alternatives as biggest diversifiers; K2: Sector rotation key for hedge fund strategies
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PIMCO launches insurance-linked securities business
Fixed-income specialist partners with parent Allianz for push into the alternative asset class
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Dutch bank scheme incurs loss on catastrophe bonds
ABN Amro scheme posted 2% return for 2017 despite the setback
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Mandate roundup: North Yorkshire appoints insurance bonds manager
Plus: London CIV first fixed income fund, custodian switch, member data service provision
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Swiss funding levels fell in Q1 2018 after 1.3% average loss
Public sector Pensionskassen APK and PKBS post 2017 investment returns in line with market average
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Swiss investors diversify insurance-linked portfolios after difficult 2017
Significant losses experienced in 2017 from concentrated hurricane risk
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North Yorkshire eyes insurance-linked bonds amid 'urgent review'
Public sector fund looking to introduce new lower-risk asset classes
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Blockchain comes to bond market as Lombard Odier backs $15m deal
Swiss asset manager claims first bond transaction using distributed ledger technology
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Special Report
Insurance-Linked Securities: Taking the market by storm
Insurance-linked securities are gaining popularity as a diversifying asset class, but what are the available strategies, underlying risks and costs?
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Catastrophe Risk: Earth, wind and diversification
Diversification across catastrophe risks between different territories and natural perils is essential, according to Anthony Harrington
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Case Studies: Stability through diversity
Rachel Fixsen speaks to PGGM and AP3, two pioneer investors in the insurance-linked market
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Private Placements & Speciality Lines: Sound private arrangements
Diversifying into aviation, marine and energy risks through private placements makes sense from a risk-and-return perspective, writes Anthony Harrington
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Who’s afraid of life risk?
Investors in insurance-linked securities (ILS) generally underwrite non-life risk, but sometimes insurers are willing to offload life risk as well, finds Carlo Svaluto Moreolo. What can investors expect from entering the life-risk market?
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Longevity-linked securities also of use as short-term holdings, researchers argue
Need for higher transparency and better valuation of asset class if it is to succeed
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Institutional investors inflating catastrophe bond prices, expert says
Twelve Capital chairman says Solvency II will ‘create opportunities’ for European pension funds