Investments
Queensland’s October 2020 hailstorm industry loss raised 6% to A$1.3bn
The insurance and reinsurance market loss from a hailstorm event in October 2020 that struck south-east Queensland, Australia has been raised 6% to A$1.3 billion by PERILS AG. The hailstorm was originally designated as the first catastrophe to strike Australia of the 2020-21 season by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA), with an expectation that…
Read MoreArgo promotes Tom McCartney to Group Head of Ceded Reinsurance
Argo Group, the Bermuda headquartered specialty insurance underwriter, has promoted Tom McCartney to the role of Group Head of Ceded Reinsurance, giving him responsibility for the companies reinsurance buying strategy. McCartney had joined Argo in early 2020 in a reinsurance buying focused role, as as vice president of ceded reinsurance for the Americas. Following the…
Read MoreBest of Artemis, week ending 31st January 2021
Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 31st January 2021, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish. Ten most read articles on Artemis.bm,…
Read MoreAvenir Global Fund 4Q20 Commentary
Avenir Global Fund commentary for the fourth quarter ended December 30, 2020. [soros] Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Dear Partner The Avenir Global Fund (the “Fund”) generated a return of 13.9% for the December 2020 quarter, more than double the 6.5% return for the MSCI ACWI index (AUD). This brings the past […]
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Read MoreDividend Income from YOU the Bloggers! – December 2020
We continue our march towards financial freedom. 2020 is finally over, but WOW has 2021 started off on a frenzy. We have a new president and the WallStreetBets, i.e. the retail investors, are attempting to take down Wall Street hedge funds…we love it! Talk about insanity though with what Robinhood and other brokerages are doing.…
Read MoreThe Short Squeeze Triggers A Profit-Taking Event
Commenting on the controversial short squeeze triggering a profit-taking event and today’s trading Gorilla Trades strategist Ken Berman said: Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The Controversial Short Squeeze Triggered A Profit-Taking Event Stocks entered a volatile pullback this week, following a long period of relatively quiet trading on Wall Street, with the […]
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Read MoreMelvin Capital And GME
This comment on Melvin Capital was submitted by a smart colleague of ours who wishes to remain anonymous. I’ve been doing some reading, and Melvin Capital’s ADV showed $11 billion in regulatory capital, while its SEC filings show 80 long positions with a market value of $20 million. That looks to me like a 160% […]
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Read More“The Modern Investor” Setting New Rules In Stock Market
Retail investors have made quite an impact on the stock market recently, although several seasoned investors deem them as amateurs set to make wrong decisions and lose their wealth. Other experts believe modern investors are becoming a force to be reckoned with. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more January 29th, 2021. There is […]
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Read MoreDividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 2: West Pharmaceutical Services
Published on January 29th, 2021 by Jonathan Weber Ever year, the official Dividend Aristocrats list is updated with new companies that join the ranks, as well as others that are removed due to a dividend cut or a failure to raise dividends over the past year. In turn, we provide an individual analysis of all…
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