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Ex-Pimco exec readies world’s first catastrophe bond ETF

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Bloomberg • 4 min read
Ex-Pimco exec readies world’s first catastrophe bond ETF
Cat bonds have consistently outperformed high-yield debt markets, with the Swiss Re Global Cat Bond Index rising 17% in 2024. Photo: Bloomberg
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Catastrophe bonds, whose returns have consistently trounced those of high-yield debt markets in recent years, are about to become accessible to a wider group of investors.

An exchange-traded fund based on a portfolio of as many as 75 of the 250 so-called cat bonds outstanding is due to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange next month, marking a world first.

“It’s a very nuanced asset class and our goal is to demystify it,” Rick Pagnani, co-founder and chief executive of King Ridge Capital Advisors, which will manage the ETF, said in an interview. The fund will be overseen by Texas-based Brookmont Capital Management.

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