Citi and Bank of America Merrill Lynch have closed the largest-ever catastrophe bond - the...

GC Securities has closed an innovative European catastrophe bond, sponsored by Assicurazioni General...

A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days

Pipeline Several new deals joined the pipeline last week once Easter had passed. Among them were an...

S&P has affirmed its double-B plus rating on the US$400m class A notes issued by the Bosphor...

A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days

Pipeline A number of new deals were announced last week. In total, eight ABS, three ILS, three RMBS...

Willis Capital Markets & Advisory has hired Quentin Perrot in London and Rui Huang in Hong K...

Hiscox Re subsidiary Kiskadee Investment Managers has appointed Richard Lowther as coo and Alan Coss...

Kaye Scholer has appointed Lawton Camp as a finance partner in its New York office. He joins the fir...

S&P has affirmed its ratings on the US$125m series 2011-1 class A, US$145m series 2011-1 cla...

Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America has appointed Keith Kennerly as structured health and f...

JLT Towers Re has appointed Bart Zanelli as head of advisory for North America. He will help to deve...

S&P has affirmed its ratings on five natural-peril catastrophe bonds issued by four differen...

CATCo Investment Management has launched its first dedicated traditional reinsurance investment stra...

A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days

Pipeline A number of transactions entered the pipeline last week and were swiftly priced. Five ABS...

Argo Re and Horseshoe Re will work together to combine Argo's depth of underwriting experience with...

Sidecars, SACs and private cat bonds gaining ground

The dominance of catastrophe bonds in the ILS sector could be challenged by the growth of sidecars....