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Credit Suisse in $600mn energy fund raising

2 September 2010

Leading ILS fund manager Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) is approaching investors for capital in an attempt to raise up to $600mn for a new energy-focused retro vehicle, Trading Risk understands… Read more

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Four Euro wind cat bonds expected

2 September 2010

Up to four European wind bonds are tipped to come to the market in the second half of the year, helping to take total issuance volumes to the $5bn level predicted for 2010… Read more

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Too flexible?

2 September 2010

The flexibility of capital is much vaunted as a positive side effect of convergence, and I tend to agree… Read more

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State fund's parametric potential

2 September 2010

Swiss Re's recent parametric insurance deal for the Alabama State Insurance Fund was a first $10mn baby step for what could be a billion dollar source of business for the convergence market… Read more

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Ramseier targets $200mn+ funds at new venture

2 September 2010

Former Horizon21 fund manager Urs Ramseier is launching two new funds, of EUR50mn and $50mn, while assuming control of his old firm's $110mn ILS investments at start-up Swiss fund manager Twelve Capital, Trading Risk can reveal… Read more

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Secretive $250mn Merna Re III sold to single fund

2 September 2010

US insurer State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company issued a third series of Merna notes in June, in an exclusive $250mn trade with a single investor, Trading Risk understands… Read more

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Euro wind cat bond ‘lite’ in pipeline

2 September 2010

Hot on the tail of a successful first cat bond "lite" securitisation, dedicated ILS fund manager Clariden Leu is working on a repeat transaction, using the European industry loss index PERILS as a trigger… Read more

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Forced selling stressed US wind prices

2 September 2010

The sale of substantial portions of three cat bond funds is thought to have contributed to the pricing slump in US wind-exposed bonds over the summer, Trading Risk can reveal… Read more

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Cat bond returns recover

2 September 2010

Cat bond returns have quickly regained pace after losing ground in June and July, the Swiss Re Global Cat Bond Return Index shows… Read more

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US wind appetite returns after 'bipolar' split

2 September 2010

The gap between peak and non-peak cat bond trading prices eased back in August after diverging into what Swiss Re described as a "bipolar" market mid-year… Read more

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