Cat bond issuance reaches $7.54bn for YTD

Cat bond issuances show no sign of slowing with $7.54bn of funds
raised so far in 2017 - only $0.42bn less than the annual record of
$7.96bn issuance in 2014.
The total of funds raised for the second quarter of 2017 is
$5.19bn, more than the $4.63bn raised from the final three quarters
of last year and the $4.60bn raised in Q2 2014.
The high figure was the result of debut sponsors, as well as
sponsors returning to the market....