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Pension fund capital to put further squeeze on ILS spreads

4 March 2011

The recent influx of pension fund capital into the insurance-linked sector is likely to put further pressure on US wind cat bond spreads this season, taking pricing near to or below traditional reinsurance.

In Q4 of last year, Trading Risk reported that pension funds with up to $4bn of capital to spend on ILS were waiting on the sidelines, but senior sources report that there is no evidence of inflows at these levels for 2011.

Although inflows were not as...

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