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ILS inflows expected to rise, as portfolios become cleaner: SCOR IP’s Rossary
Inflows to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class are expected to rise over the coming months, as investor appetite increases, according to Fabrice Rossary, the Chief Investment Officer of SCOR Investment Partners. Alongside this, the ILS fund market has been working to improve the quality of the portfolios of risk it offers to investors, Rossary…
Read MoreEclipse Re private cat bond platform in $80m deal, its first of 2021
Eclipse Re Ltd., the Horseshoe managed private syndicated collateralised reinsurance note and private catastrophe bond issuance and transformer platform, has brought its first deal to market of 2021, an $80 million Eclipse Re Ltd. (Series 2021-01A) issuance. Last year, the Eclipse Re platform was responsible for almost $107 million of listed private cat bond, or…
Read MoreA Mixed Bag Of Mega-Cap Financial Firms’ Earnings

Commenting on the earnings of mega-cap financial firms and today’s trading Gorilla Trades strategist Ken Berman said: Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Investors Remain Eager To Buy The Dip Following Friday’s deterioration, today’s bounce in stocks was crucial from a short-term perspective. With the busy political and earnings calendars in mind, today’s […]
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Read MoreNCRC Recommends New Way To Establish CRA Assessment Areas For Branchless Banks

Branchless banks that primarily make loans over the internet are increasingly applying to the federal bank agencies for bank charters. As the Federal Reserve Board and the other regulatory agencies embark on an effort to reform the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations, one of the critical questions is how to establish CRA Assessment Areas (AAs), […]
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Read MoreRubio To Twitter: Explain Content Moderation Process

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey after the company responded to Rubio’s December 1, 2020 letter, which sought an explanation for the company’s failure to remove or label a falsified image posted by a Chinese Communist Party bureaucrat, with a series of non-answers. Q4 2020 […]
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Read MoreThe Art of Arranging Capital For Emerging Businesses

2021 ushers in the very beginnings of what will come to be known in history as the “Post-COVID Economy.” Much like the Post-World War II Economy and the Post-Depression Economy, businesses will restructure, some will go under, and new disruptors will be born. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more An October 2020 Forbes […]
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Read MoreCanadian Tech Is Here To Stay: Donville Kent

Donville Kent January 2021 ROE reporter titled, “Canadian Tech is Here to Stay.” Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more In December 2020, the Capital Ideas Fund (the “Fund”) finished the year strong with our best monthly return in history at 12.62%.1 Additionally, November and December 2020 mark our two best consecutive months ever […]
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Read MoreFirst Amendment Rights v. Inauguration Security

First Amendment rights v. security during Biden’s inauguration are one of the top issues as we approach tomorrow’s event. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Robert Nelon is a partner/shareholder at the national law firm Hall Estill who has spent more than three decades specializing in First Amendment Law. Through the years, Nelon has […]
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Read MoreUnemployment During the Pandemic Expected to Cause 900,000 US Deaths, New Economic Study Finds

The toll of the coronavirus has been severe. But a new study has found that the collective response to the virus may ultimately claim more lives than the virus itself. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Unemployment During the Pandemic To Increase Deaths In a new National Bureau for Economic Research paper, researchers […]
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