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CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd. – Portfolio Update
Hamilton, Bermuda – 25 January, 2016 – CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd. (the "Company”; Ticker: CAT.BH), today filed a Portfolio Update. The filing stated:
Highlights
· The FY15 net asset value (“NAV”) return was 11.58%, outperforming the Eurekahedge Insurance Linked Securities Advisors Index of 4.27%
· Side pockets set up at 31 December 2015 amount to approximately 5.5% of Ordinary Share NAV with a significant proportion of this amount related to the late December 2015 UK flooding event. This event is not expected to result in loss payments diluting the value of these side-pockets
· The late December UK flooding and US tornado events also necessitated the need for a conservative reserving approach at year-end, which adversely impacted the NAV by 175 bps. However, the expectation is that a significant proportion of this reserve will be released during 2016
· There are no remaining side pockets associated with calendar years prior to 2014 as Superstorm Sandy has now been fully commuted during Q4 2015 resulting in approximately a 1% increase to the FY15 NAV
· The side pockets related to 2014’s US convective storms have reduced to c. 1.5% from the 3.5% established at 31 December 2014
· Increased demand for Markel CATCo Re Ltd (the “Reinsurer”) products has led to 100% of available capital deployed at 1 January 2016
· FY16 portfolio provides for an indicative net return of c. 16% on invested capital with a lower risk portfolio versus FY15’s portfolio
· Average risk of FY16 portfolio down c. 20% on FY15’s portfolio
· Maximum capital exposed to a worst case single event is not more than 10%
· The FY2015 dividend will be announced on 29 January 2016
For further information:
Judith Wynne,
Company Secretary and General Counsel
Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd
Telephone: +1 441 493 9005
Email: judith.wynne@markelcatco.com
Mark Way
Fund Operations and Investor Relations Director
Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd
Telephone: +1 441 493 9003
Email: mark.way@markelcatco.com
David Benda / Hugh Jonathan
Numis Securities Limited
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7260 1000