NewsFlash: Hawaii Wildfires
A combination of low humidity and strong winds, from a high pressure system in the North and Hurricane Dora in the South, led to wildfires spreading across the Hawaiian Island chain since Tuesday...
View ArticleNewsFlash: Earthquake Morocco – Magnitude 6.8
The earthquake that occurred in the Atlas region of Morocco yesterday evening was the strongest quake in the last hundred years and shook the region with a magnitude of 6.8. According to the...
View ArticleNewsFlash: Hurricane Otis (Mexico) – Category 5
Hurricane Otis made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico early Wednesday morning (October 25, 2023) as a category 5 storm. This is a dangerous situation for the region of Acapulco as destructive winds,...
View ArticlePress Release: Fund volume of the Plenum Insurance Capital Fund with...
Plenum Investments Ltd. is pleased to announce that the fund volume of the Plenum Insurance Capital Fund, which was launched three and a half years ago, has exceeded USD 400 million. “The Plenum...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Adjustment of Fund Trading Conditions over Christmas and New...
We would be happy to inform you in good time about the holiday-related changes to the valuation cycle of our UCITS funds. The following was decided for the Plenum CAT Bond Fund, Plenum CAT Bond Dynamic...
View ArticleResearch: Subordinated Insurance Bond Supply in 2024
December is always the season for supply forecasts and this year it is a bit of a differentiated estimate. We expect in our base case new institutional subordinated bond issues of European Insurers in...
View ArticleNewsFlash: M7.5 Earthquake in Japan
A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurred on the west coast of the Japanese main island of Honshu on the afternoon of New Year’s Day. Tsunami warnings were issued for large parts of the Japanese...
View ArticleResearch: Cyber CAT Bonds with high Premiums on the rise, but …
While cyber risk coverage has been a topic in the traditional reinsurance market for a number of years, it was occasionally discussed in the CAT Bond market, but this new risk had never been...
View ArticleSpotLight: Restricted Tier 1 Capital – A new chapter in the Insurer financing...
Due to the expiry of the grandfathering period of old Tier 1 bonds in December 2025, we expect a higher number of new RT1 issues in the current and next year. In the second week of the year, Axa...
View ArticlePress Release: Name Change – Plenum CAT Bond Fund becomes Plenum CAT Bond...
For Plenum CAT Bond Fund, launched in September 2010, the term “Defensive” was added to its fund name. Everything else remains unchanged. The name change will come into effect on May 3rd. Dirk...
View ArticleHurricane “Beryl” (Caribbean) – Category 4
Dear Investors After hurricane “Beryl” had already caused severe devastation in the south-east of the Caribbean, the storm is now moving on towards Jamaica. “Beryl” is expected to reach Jamaica this...
View ArticleHurricane “Beryl” (Caribbean) – Category 4 #2
Dear Investors Hurricane “Beryl” has passed just south of Jamaica in the last few hours as a category four storm, the second strongest hurricane category, and has caused severe storm damage there....
View ArticleHurricane “Debby” (Florida) – Category 1
Dear Investors Tropical Storm Debby has developed into a category 1 hurricane and is going to make landfall in Florida’s big bend area today, a sparsely populated region. It is highly unlikely that...
View ArticleHurricane “Helene” (Gulf of Mexico) – Category 1
Dear Investors Hurricane «Helene» is currently located west of Cuba and is forecast to grow in size and rapidly intensify into hurricane strength before making landfall in Florida on Thursday evening...
View ArticlePress Release: Plenum European Insurance Bond Fund now exceeds EUR 100 Million
Plenum European Insurance Bond Fund now exceeds a total AUM of EUR 100 Million. The fund was launched in 2021 as a UCITS fund with daily liquidity. It exclusively invests in subordinated bonds issued...
View ArticleNewsFlash: Hurricane “Milton” I Category 5 I Gulf of Mexico
Dear Investors Hurricane «Milton», which is currently moving eastwards through the Gulf of Mexico as a category 5 storm, is forecast to make landfall on Florida’s west-central coastline during the...
View ArticleNewsFlash II: Hurricane “Milton” I Category 3 I Post-Landfall
Dear Investors Hurricane «Milton», which has now subsided after making landfall as a powerful category 3 storm with windspeeds of 195km/h on Florida’s west coast near Siesta Key in Sarasota County on...
View ArticlePress Release: Plenum CAT Bond Dynamic Fund now exceeds USD 200 Million
The Plenum CAT Bond Dynamic fund has exceeded USD 200 million in fund assets. The fund was launched in 2021 as a UCITS fund. It invests exclusively in catastrophe bonds and money market investments....
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