Coronavirus stimulus checks to push GDP growth to about 10%: Economists

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The third stimulus checks of $1,400 are on their way, and could prove to be a lifeline for millions of people affected by the coronavirus pandemic. In turn, coronavirus stimulus checks could also give a boost to GDP growth by as much as 10%, believe many Wall Street analysts. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences […]

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Cointango: Are Institutional Investors Missing Risk-Free Opportunities?

Cointango Bitcoin Futures

Copper‘s latest in-depth report, Cointango: Are institutional investors missing risk-free opportunities?, explains that it is entirely possible for traders to play this contango arbitrage without getting exposed to counterparty risk, thanks to the availability of new solutions that address such concerns. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Cointango: Are Institutional Investors Missing Risk-Free […]

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Maintaining Trust Is Key To Cryptocurrency’s Future Success

Beeple Regulatory Cryptocurrencies

The cryptocurrency boom has proven to be more lucrative for its early investors than practically anything else since the dot-com boom of the late 90s. However, there is no guarantee that cryptocurrencies will remain in vogue, and actions by regulators will largely determine whether they continue gaining in value or end up being little more […]

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Allstate says winter storm loss to trigger Sanders Re II 2019-1 cat bond

US primary insurer Allstate has revealed a significant approximately $1.3 billion gross loss from the winter storms and severe winter freeze, primarily impacting Texas, which it warns mean its aggregate reinsurance will trigger, which is provided by its Sanders Re catastrophe bonds. Allstate said that the $1.3 billion of gross losses from the winter storms…

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Integral ILS launches insurance partnership with Amwins & Core Specialty

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund manager Integral ILS Ltd. has now formally launched its property insurance partnership with risk origination and distribution specialist Amwins, and has announced that Core Specialty is set to act as the policy issuer. The partnership between Integral ILS and Amwins had always been inevitable, as the strategic partnership had been in…

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Hannover Re and AXA UK in £3bn longevity swap, a non-pensioner first

The AXA UK Group Pension Scheme has entered into a £3 billion longevity swap with reinsurance firm Hannover Re, in a new first for the longevity risk transfer market, a largely non-pensioner deal. Typically, longevity swaps have been focused on pensions in payment, so transferring the risk of longevity from active pensioners or beneficiaries of…

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