GLOBAL - Hedge funds increasing their exposure to the growing catastrophe bond market could spell disaster for pension funds.
Figures produced by Swiss Re showed hedge funds made up 17% of the US$10bn insurance linked securities (ILS) market at the end of April 2007; this has rocketed from 5% of a $1bn market in 1999. I...
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