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Hong Kong renews push to become hub for insurance-linked securities as World Bank lists its cat bonds in the city

Hong Kong is keen to support economies in mitigating risks arising from natural disasters and will enhance its expertise in managing financial losses from such perils, the head of the …

Hong Kong gearing up to become a hub for ILS such as catastrophe bonds, Insurance Authority says

by Anas Siddiqui

“Our first mission is not to talk about the hub,” he said. “The first mission is aiming at resolving this huge protection gap on natural catastrophes, which exists around the …

Climate change: Catastrophe bonds could see robust growth in China, as policymakers seek more financial tools to prepare for natural disasters

by Anas Siddiqui

China could see robust growth in catastrophe bonds, or cat bonds, as policymakers seek more financial tools to share the risks from losses from natural disasters, as climate change increases …