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User-Friendly Accounting Software
You don’t need to shell out a fortune for fancy accounting professionals. But you do need to attend to bookkeeping and other financial matters when managing your business. And thanks to the magic of tools like JavaScript, Bootstrap, and React development, bookkeeping and accounting software can do the job just as well as any financial […]
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Read MoreLocking In Peloton Gains
With so many gyms closed due to COVID-19 lockdowns, one of the companies benefiting from that has been Peloton Interactive Inc (NASDAQ:PTON). Peloton’s signature product is a stationary bike that costs about $2,500 with accessories, after which you pay $39 per month for online classes taught by instructors such as Leanne Hainsby. Here she talks […]
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Read MoreWho is blocking coronavirus stimulus checks for Americans?
Americans desperately need another relief package. However, despite weeks of negotiations, Democrats and Republicans haven’t been able to reach a deal. And, if you want to know one person who is blocking your coronavirus stimulus checks, it is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Q2 2020 hedge fund […]
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Read MoreCalifornia wildfire damage continues, heatwave to challenge fire containment
Property damage from the severe California wildfires continues, with now close to 4,000 structures having been destroyed in recent weeks and with a heatwave and potential record temperatures forecast for the coming days, further containment of the fires looks challenging. When we last covered the California wildfires earlier this week the number of structures destroyed…
Read MoreGlobal Parametrics & Hannover Re renew Yucatan coral reef cover
Global Parametrics, the parametric and index-based disaster risk transfer company, has partnered with global reinsurance firm Hannover Re to renew an innovative Yucatan, Mexico coral reef parametric insurance cover. The transaction renews the coverage for the Mexican Reef Protection Program, an initiative that leverages parametric risk transfer and reinsurance capacity, in a deal that if…
Read MoreCatastrophe bond market may surpass records in 2020: A.M. Best
Issuance of new catastrophe bonds could exceed the record set in 2017 if it continues at the pace set in the first-half of the year, as capital markets risk transfer continues to gain acceptance with cedants and investor appetite continues to grow. Catastrophe bonds have been unaffected by the Covid-19 pandemic, in terms of losses,…
Read MoreCovid-19 business interruption losses begin for some ILS funds
A number of insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds reported small losses related to business interruption claims from the Covid-19 pandemic in July, with quota shares the main source. It’s understood that some collateralised quota share reinsurance positions covering mainly European carriers have begun to see actual claims related to property business interruption and that a share…
Read MoreRuoff takes on Head of Schroder Secquaero role, as Lohmann becomes Chairman
Global asset management group Schroders has announced leadership changes at its specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit Schroder Secquaero, as Stephan Ruoff takes on the Head Of role as planned and Dirk Lohmann moves into the newly created position of Chairman. Stephan Ruoff, the former Tokio Millennium Re Group CEO, joined Schroder Secquaero almost a year…
Read MoreCan Crypto Really Bank The Unbanked?
Financial inclusion has been identified as an enabler for seven of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Unsurprisingly then, the G20 has committed to advancing financial inclusion worldwide, spawning strategies such as the Universal Financial Access (UFA2020) initiative. Organised by the World Bank Group (WBG), the UFA2020 programme exists for adults who are unable […]
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