Strategies

Optimum Asset Management, in partnership with SCOR Investment Partners, a global leader in Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS), has developed the Element ILS fund, primarily invested in catastrophe bonds.

This rapidly expanding alternative asset class offers an attractive risk-return profile and is characterized by low correlation to traditional markets, providing meaningful structural diversification within a portfolio.

The Optimum Group distinguishes itself through its mastery of the three key dimensions of ILS: reinsurance and actuarial expertise, institutional fixed income management and the structuring of a fund tailored to the Canadian market. This combination represents a distinct competitive advantage at the core of our approach.

Our philosophy is grounded in rigor, discipline and active risk management. The objective is to preserve capital while capturing the yield opportunities available in the global reinsurance market.

Fund highlights

• High-quality alternative ILS credit offering low correlation to traditional markets and independence from economic cycles
• Target annual return of SOFR + 6% to 8% over rolling four-year periods (before fees)
• Highly diversified portfolio (≈ 70% listed catastrophe bonds and ≈ 30% private transactions)
• Diversification across peril, region and trigger type
• Combined expertise of Optimum Asset Management and SCOR Investment Partners (active in the ILS market since 2005)