Twelve Capital News
Twelve Perspectives - Issue 5
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Twelve Capital
- Tuesday, February 14, 2012On January 27, 2012 Twelve Capital hosted an Insurance Forum dedicated to the topic “Investment opportunities in insurance debt”. A number of high caliber speakers presented their views about risk and return expectations for this asset class.
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Twelve Capital expands cooperation with Bank Sarasin for Insurance-linked securities
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Twelve Capital
- Monday, January 16, 2012Twelve Capital is pleased to announce the expansion of its cooperation with Bank Sarasin for Insurance-linked securities (ILS). Under the cooperation, Twelve Capital acts as investment manager for a set of Sarasin-branded products dedicated to Insurance-linked securities (ILS). ILS are increasingly becoming of interest to investors because of their attractive return levels as well as their low correlation to other asset classes.
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Subordinated bonds of insurance companies – especially attractive shortly before their end
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IPE, December 2011 Daniel Grieger, Zuzana Trepacova
- Thursday, December 01, 2011Subordinated bonds of insurance companies were always a niche market in the world of bonds. With arrival of the regulation Solvency II they become especially attractive. New regulation regime has impact on their eligibility as capital for insurance companies and this will cause that some will be paid back soon. Yet are these high coupon bonds trading well below par – how much longer?
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Twelve Perspectives - Issue 4
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Twelve Capital
- Friday, September 30, 2011This issue of Twelve Perspectives offers key insights collected by Twelve Capital at the annual reinsurance gathering in Monte Carlo early September.
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Press Release: Twelve Capital wins $150m Insurance-Linked Securities Mandate
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Twelve Capital
- Wednesday, June 29, 2011Twelve Capital (Twelve) is delighted to announce its recent appointment by Pensionskassernes Administration A/S (PKA) to design and manage an US$150 million mandate investing in Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS). This new mandate is a major achievement for the boutique firm that was launched last year.
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Twelve Perspectives - Issue 3
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Twelve Capital
- Monday, May 09, 2011This issue of Twelve Perspectives offers a brief sketch of some of the topics covered at the Twelve Insurance Investing Forum held April 7, 2011 in Rueschlikon, Switzerland. A number of high profile speakers reviewed various aspects of insurance investing with a specific focus on privately arranged illiquid ILS.
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Twelve Perspectives - Issue 2
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Twelve Capital
- Friday, April 08, 2011On the occasion of Twelve Insurance Investing Forum 2011 held on April 7, 2011 in Rueschlikon/Zurich, Twelve Capital had issued Twelve Perspectives - Issue 2. In this publication we would like to share some views on the Tohoku earthquake and its likely impact on the reinsurance- as well as ILS market.
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Twelve Insurance Investing Forum 2011
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Twelve Capital
- Thursday, April 07, 2011On April 7, 2011 Twelve Capital held the 4th Insurance Investing Forum 2011 in Rueschlikon / Zurich. The topic of this year’s forum was “Insurance Investing beyond Cat Bonds”. We had invited a number of high caliber speakers which presented various investment ideas in the insurance sector. The focus was on private, reinsurance based ILS transactions.
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Japan earthquake update (I)
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Twelve Capital
- Monday, March 14, 2011The 11 March M9.1 earthquake—the strongest in Japan’s recorded history—has caused extensive destruction across much of the country’s northeast. It is believed that the quake ruptured three segments of the subduction zone off northern Japan. The rupture plane is estimated to be some 400 km in length and 200 km wide and the magnitude is the largest in Japan’s historical record, which dates back several centuries.
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Twelve Perspectives - Issue 1
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Twelve Capital - Twelve Perspectives
- Monday, December 13, 2010Welcome to the first issue of Twelve Perspectives. This periodical is deliberately not called a “newsletter” as it is not our goal to compete with any of the news providers in the market. Instead, Twelve Capital would like to share some views on current investment topics which we hope will provide some interesting reading and even provoke some lively debate.
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Twelve Capital: Spin-off of boutique investment manager specializing in insurance-related opportunities
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Twelve Capital - Press Release
- Friday, August 27, 2010Twelve Capital (Twelve), an independent investment manager focusing on insurance related investment opportunities, announces the completion of its spin-off from alternative investments manager Horizon21. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Twelve has an investment team of eight insurance industry experts providing investment management and advisory services to investors through investment funds and bespoke mandates.
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Horizon21 spin-off Twelve Capital to launch ILS funds
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Investment & Pensions Europe
- Friday, August 27, 2010SWITZERLAND – Twelve Capital, an insurance-related investment boutique, has completed its spin-off from alternative investment manager Horizon21. The Switzerland-based company specialises in insurance-related investments such as insurance-linked securities (ILS) and insurance debt investment strategies. Twelve will launch two new funds, domiciled in Luxembourg, in early October, and at that time, assets under management are expected to be in excess of $100m (€78.6m).
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Ramseier goes live on new venture
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Trading Risk
- Friday, August 27, 2010
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Ex-Horizon21 fund manager Urs Ramseier has launched his new Swiss investment firm Twelve Capital, as predicted by Trading Risk in late July 1. The seven-strong ILS team from Horizon21 is transferring to Twelve Capital in what managing partner Ramseier describes as a "friendly spin-off".
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