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Facebook Reaches Agreement With News Corp In Australia
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has been trying to resist new regulations requiring it and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) to pay to show content, but now it has bowed to pressure. The social networking giant reached an agreement with News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) to show its content in Australia. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Facebook reaches […]
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Read MoreGet Help, Give Help, And 4 Other Approaches To New Job Success
If you finally landed a new job after days, weeks, or even months of trying, congratulations. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more But now comes a different challenge – succeeding, making connections, and fitting in at your new job, a task that becomes even more daunting if you’re working remotely. “Remote work can […]
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Read MoreStock Bulls Run – Will Gold Ones Too?
Resting on Friday, surging on Monday. Feeble downswing attempt defeated right after the open, and then just bullish price action. Retail data today, and another FOMC meeting tomorrow – I view the former as not too likely to spoil today‘s market action. About the latter, remembering the latest reactions to Powell pronouncements, I look for […]
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Read MoreCat bond fund returns outpace private ILS in January 2021
The average return of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund market was only 0.13% in January 2021, as pure catastrophe bond funds outpaced those invested in private ILS, according to the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index. Pure cat bond funds returned 0.29% as a group in January, which was a reasonable start to the year for these…
Read MoreArtemis Live: Interview with James Poole, Co-founder, AGILE Risk Partners
We have a new Artemis Live video interview for you today in which we discuss the concept of Collateralised Facultative Reinsurance (CFR) and the investment opportunity that presents with James Poole, Co-founder of AGILE Risk Partners. AGILE Risk Partners was launched as a pure risk advisory, with a focus on challenging risks and facultative exposures,…
Read MoreDividend Stock Purchase: Lanny’s February 2021 Summary
Welcome back to another month of Dividend Stock Purchases! Two months are now closed and the dividend stock purchase activity did not disappoint, despite the SIGNIFICANT volatility. There was volatility still from WallStreetBets, the tech decline as evident by the NASDAQ, the back/forth with the next round of stimulus and we are now 1 year…
Read MoreRenRe’s third-party capital fee income soared 27% in 2020
RenaissanceRe, the Bermuda-based reinsurance firm and third-party capital management specialist, saw a 27% increase in fee income earned from its third-party capitalised and managed joint-ventures and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, with growing capital under management and performance in the final-quarter seemingly key drivers. RenaissanceRe (RenRe) revealed it had raised fresh capital for the January 2021…
Read MoreWhat Is the Worst Price Crash That Is Within the Realm of the Reasonable?
I wrote last week about some comments made by Ben Inker, the head of asset allocation at GMO, in a recent interview. In another section of the interview, he spoke about how bad things could get in a price crash. He referred to losses of “30 or 40 or 50 percent.” Q4 2020 hedge fund […]
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Read MoreExposure database for Indonesia, Philippines & Thailand launched by PERILS
PERILS AG has launched an industry exposure database for three Asian countries, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, but instead of being reported exposure from insurers, the company has aggregated information from stakeholders, including reinsurers, brokers and modelers to create the database. As a result, these are effectively industry exposure levels that are extrapolated from the…
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