Schroder Secquaero
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The fund will promote environmental and social characteristics under Article 8 of the SFDR.
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A market-wide loss of $700mn would amount to around 15% of the total amount of life ILS assets under management .
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The US pension fund heard pitches from four ILS manager finalists at its board meeting in May in a selection process following a request for proposals issued last October.
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The cat bond market has benefited from hardening rates and more remote structures.
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The life segment has shifted from its genesis in mortality and morbidity risk transfer as lapsed risk deals have proliferated.
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The ILS manager’s analysis highlighted that Lloyd’s nat cat exposure had lowered over the six years to 2021.
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The outcomes were better than the Swiss Re global cat bond index decline after the major hurricane.
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Some might see the ILS sector as more institutionalised compared to personality-driven hedge funds, but there is little doubt that the original generation of ILS leaders will be hard to replace.
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Cat bonds have built-in protections against the threat of inflation, Schroders ILS chairman Dirk Lohmann has argued.
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The Zurich-based ILS manager expects to be underwriting some specialty business from 2022.
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It will also encompass impact investment manager BlueOrchard, although the microfinancier will keep its independent identity.
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She will leave Schroders at the end of the month after spending more than seven years at the company.
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The Schroder Secquaero CEO said the firm will consider setting up a rated balance sheet for clients, but it is wary of conflicts of interest.
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The former group CEO of Tokio Millennium Re will take on the role of deputy head of Schroders Secquaero in November.
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BlueOrchard manages the InsuResilience Investment Fund which provides access to insurance in the developing world.
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The institutional asset manager ownership model could help the ILS asset class shed its niche feel, Secquaero founder Dirk Lohmann suggested to Trading Risk.
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Returns from ILS funds tracked by Trading Risk fell to an average Q1 return of 0.63 percent to 0.65 percent in cat bond and multi-instrument funds.
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Florida insurers should have more of a stake in managing the claims process, the Secquaero CEO said.
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Raffaele Dell’Amore’s principal focus will be on private ILS strategies.
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The restructure also includes CEO Dirk Lohmann becoming Schroder’s head of ILS.
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ILS funds with life strategies reported substantially higher transaction volumes in 2018, helping to drive growth in assets under management (AuM).
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UK bank Lloyds has set up a JV with the investment manager, which owns a share in $3bn ILS manager Secquaero.
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Sponsor behaviour is changing in the continuing soft market, says Jutta Kath, COO at Secquaero, during the Zurich event.
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The Secquaero Advisors CEO pays tribute to former colleagues as he accepted his award.
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