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Favourable conditions to drive $5bn cat bond issuance for 2010

18 January 2010

Cat bond market conditions are expected to be "very favourable" in 2010, leading to around $5bn of new issuance, according to industry experts.

Munich Re expects $5bn of cat bond capacity to be transferred to the capital markets in 2010, while spreads are expected to fall by some 50 basis points by mid-year.

Rupert Flatscher, head of the German reinsurer's risk trading unit, said that around $1bn of new investment should enter the sector, which - coupled with $4.5bn of...

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