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November 2011

Interview Sidney Rostan : « The market for cats bonds is primarily a buy and hold market »

According to Sidney Rostan, structurer in the Global Structured Credit & Solutions team at Natixis, the current market environment is favorable for cats bonds due to injections of capital from institutional investors looking for (...)

November 2011

Interview Jean-Louis Bertrand : « Many companies have recognized the need to hedge against weather risk »

According to Jean-Louis Bertrand, an expert in weather risk management with METNEXT, this risk is likely over $ 400 billion per year, comparable to the foreign exchange risk. The business demand for hedging would be in the process of structuring the market (...)

November 2011

Opinion Overview of Quantitative Finance in France

A short review of quantitative finance in France under the lens of the Next Finance website: Profile of quants, origins and outlook of the industry.

November 2011

Innovation Munich Re transfer US hurricane and European windstorm risks to the capital markets

Munich Re has acquired coverage for US hurricane and European windstorm risks with a total volume of US$ 100m from the special-purpose vehicle Queen Street IV Capital Limited, which in turn has placed a catastrophe bond for this amount in the capital (...)

November 2011

Innovation Rabobank successfully issued a US$ 2bn benchmark hybrid Tier 1 transaction

Rabobank successfully issued a US$ 2bn benchmark hybrid Tier 1 transaction. These capital securities, priced at a coupon of 8.40%, have been designed to comply with current Dutch and European Regulatory requirements (CRD (...)

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