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July 2008/1
  • Swiss Re closes $150mn Vega CRO
    Swiss Re successfully closed its $150mn Vega Capital Ltd collateralised risk obligation (CRO) transaction in June, partly replacing the $839mn of its various Successor bonds, according to sources clo
    06 July 2008
  • Cat bonds leap ahead with fresh faces
    First-time issuers Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co (Caelus Re), HomeWise Insurance Co (Mangrove) and Flagstone Re (Valais Re) transferred $614mn of (re) insurance risk into the capital markets in May
    06 July 2008
  • Hannover's ILS team closes hybrid Globe Re
    Hannover Re’s new dedicated insurance linked securities (ILS) team has closed $133mn Globe Re – choosing an innovative deal as its first since launching in January. Globe consists of a pr
    06 July 2008
  • Excess capacity tempers secondary trading
    A number of maturing cat bonds in June have released capacity for investors, tempering trading in the secondary market during the recent rush of new cat bond issuance. Secondary trading of cat bonds
    06 July 2008
  • ILS defies credit crunch
    The insurance linked securities (ILS) sector is a rare jewel that stands out from the credit market turmoil, according to market leaders speaking at Trading Risk’s inaugural Executive Briefing
    06 July 2008
  • Former Guy Carp exec forms ILS advisory firm
    Christopher McGhee, former head of Guy Carpenter & Co’s specialist investment banking arm GC Securities Ltd, has formed an insurance-focused banking advisory firm. McGhee has partnered with New
    06 July 2008
  • Europe's loss index launch delayed
    The much-anticipated launch of a comprehensive, stand-alone European windstorm loss index has been delayed until at least “the beginning of 2009” after failing to gain sufficient commitme
    06 July 2008
  • Deutsche to test ILS hunger with LAZR launch
    Deutsche Bank is marketing a new trigger mechanism for insurance linked securities (ILS), with a $120mn Florida-only wind bond as the first transaction, Trading Risk can reveal. The LAZR transaction
    06 July 2008
  • Juniperus blooms with first cash investment
    Investment vehicle Juniperus Insurance Opportunity Fund (JIOF) made its first investment in Hannover Re’s sidecar Globe Re, last month. The newly launched fund, which will invest in traded (re)
    06 July 2008
  • RMS launches risk trading platform
    Risk modelling firm Risk Management Solutions (RMS) aims to boost investment in the insurance linked securities (ILS) market with an electronic ILS portfolio management platform. Aimed at “maki
    06 July 2008
  • S&P Ballantyne Re action
    Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has lowered its senior debt rating on the Class A-1 notes of beleaugured Scottish Re’s Ballantyne Re life securitisation. S&P lowered the XXX reserve
    06 July 2008
  • Florida flux boosts ILW trading
    Pricing and trading in the industry loss warranty (ILW) market has boomed following mooted changes in the Florida state’s cat fund in recent months. It is understood that the cat fund and the s
    06 July 2008
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