Insight and Intelligence on (Re)insurance Convergence with the Capital Markets

4 February 2012

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.

A strong appetite for diversifying assets on the back of a US wind glut pushed European wind bond spreads down to levels last seen in 2007 as trading prices rose.

But Swiss Re trader Patti Guatteri told Trading Risk that this aggressive pricing eased by mid-August due to investors holding funds in anticipation of...

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