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Nest pension says its insurance-linked securities returned in 2025
Nest Sammelstiftung reported that its ILS allocation remained about 3.3% of portfolio assets by June 30, 2026, as its cat bond and reinsurance exposure continued to earn risk premiums.
Nest Sammelstiftung, a Swiss pension fund that uses sustainable investment strategies and invests in insurance-linked securities, said its insurance-linked securities allocation delivered “convincing results” again in 2025, citing continued access to attractive risk premiums from ILS. In a disclosure covering its ILS approach, the pension said it saw particularly strong investment returns from its cat bond and reinsurance allocations in calendar year 2024, when it reported 20%+ performance across those segments. For full-year 2025, Nest did not provide a specific return figure, but said the overall ILS results were convincing. Nest’s ILS exposure is allocated through multiple managers, including a natural catastrophe focused reinsurance vehicle managed by Swiss Re’s ILS investment unit and a catastrophe bond offering from Twelve Securis. Cambridge Associates is also listed as assisting with the strategy, and Nest said it holds a smaller investment via the Leadenhall Capital Partners Life ILS Fund. The pension reported that cat bond and ILS strategies represented around 3.6% of assets at the end of 2024, roughly CHF 154 million, and that by the end of 2025 its ILS investments were just under CHF 150 million, or approximately US $189 million. It later reported that ILS made up about 3.3% of its pension investment portfolio as of June 30, 2026, translating to about US $192 million based on total asset levels.