The belongings underneath administration of the primary disaster bond funds within the UCITS format elevated by 4% over the first-quarter of 2024, to achieve a brand new excessive of virtually $11.4 billion by the top of the interval.
Disaster bond funds within the UCITS format have been rising quickly over the past yr, with their belongings underneath administration (AUM) now up by greater than 21% over the past yr.
At 76% of the entire nearly $11.4 billion in UCITS cat bond fund AUM, the three largest funds now make up a major proportion of this market section.
Nonetheless, over the past yr the AUM of these three largest UCITS cat bond funds as a gaggle has solely elevated by 15%, so was outpaced by the general section progress in the identical interval.
The $11 billion in mixed belongings milestone was handed earlier this yr and total belongings have continued to develop, with a mixture of capital elevating and money era taking the group of UCITS disaster bond funds to nearly $11.4 billion at March thirty first 2024.
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The most important gained for 2024 to this point, in share phrases, is the Credit score Suisse Insurance coverage-Linked Methods managed Credit score Suisse (Lux) Cat Bond Fund, which added nearly 218% to its belongings within the first-quarter of the yr, to finish the interval with roughly $110 million in AUM.
After that, the Leadenhall Capital Administration operated Leadenhall UCITS ILS Fund added over 22% in belongings to achieve nearly $750 million in dimension on the finish of March.
In greenback phrases, the most important gainer for Q1 2024 was the Schroder Capital managed GAIA Cat Bond Fund, which added $283.6 million in belongings.
In consequence, on the finish of Q1, the Schroder UCITS cat bond fund was the most important out there, with over $3.114 billion in belongings underneath administration.
The Twelve Cat Bond Fund, managed by Twelve Capital, was subsequent at simply slightly below $3 billion, adopted by the Fermat Capital managed GAM Star Cat Bond Fund which has shrunk slightly additional within the quarter to nearly $2.53 billion.
Elsewhere, there was notable 19% progress for the HSZ Group’s Maneki UCITS Cat Bond Fund, 17% asset progress for the Solidum CAT Bond Fund, 15% for the AXA Funding Managers WAVe Cat Bond Fund and eight% for the Plenum Dynamic Cat Bond Fund.
Lastly, the Icosa Cat Bond Fund, managed by former Twelve government Florian Steiger underneath his new funding advisory agency Icosa Investments, had surpassed $30 million in belongings by the top of March since its launch in early January.
As we additionally reported this week, UCITS disaster bond funds as a gaggle delivered a 3.65% return for the first-quarter of 2024, persevering with the robust efficiency of the earlier yr.
With the disaster bond market pipeline nonetheless bulging and the cat bond market yield nonetheless at a traditionally excessive stage, we count on there shall be additional progress for the group of UCITS cat bond funds over the second-quarter of this yr.
Analyse UCITS disaster bond fund belongings underneath administration utilizing our charts right here.
You may as well analyse UCITS cat bond fund efficiency, utilizing the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.