Investments
Who & What are Dividend Aristocrats?
The name of the game is dividend investing. For nearly 6 years, we have talked non-stop about dividend growth investing on this website. We are always talking about Dividend Aristocrats, as we always focus on finding companies that increase their dividend. However, I realized that we have never taken a step back to explain what…
Read MoreLanny’s Dividend Stock Purchase Activity – March 2020
March was the most interesting month, in quite some time, to say the least. We witnessed many down and up days of over 5%. As I am typing this, the market has had their best 4 day run since 1974, literally 46 years ago. This just goes to show you how low the market hit…
Read MoreRetro seen more exposed to pandemic claims than property reinsurance: Survey
Retrocessional contracts are seen as likely more exposed to any claims that find their way through from the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, according to the respondents to our recent market survey. The results are now in from our market survey that we launched recently alongside sister publication Reinsurance News asking the insurance, reinsurance and insurance-linked securities…
Read MoreStone Ridge’s investments into Lloyd’s backed $250m of premium in 2018
Stone Ridge Asset Management, the alternative risk premia focused mutual fund manager that has specific reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) strategies, significantly expanded its allocations of capital to Lloyd’s of London syndicates in 2018 with its investments deployed into business amounting to almost $250 million of gross premiums. Stone Ridge established a UK registered limited…
Read MoreThe 4 Big U.S. Bank Stocks, Ranked In Order
Updated on April 9th, 2020 by Josh Arnold The four money center banks in the U.S. have received a great deal of attention from investors and the media in the years since the Great Recession. The big banks suffered mightily during the worst economic downturn in decades, as one would likely expect. However, those days…
Read MoreElementum ILS business “in good shape” amid Covid-19: White Mountains
The insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund management business of Elementum Advisors, LLC is “in good shape” despite the global Covid-19 pandemic, according to its key investor White Mountains. In a letter to shareholders detailing the currently expected exposure that it faces from the coronavirus pandemic, White Mountains highlighted the lack of correlation ILS businesses and reinsurance…
Read MorePeak Re targets Asian ILS leadership, Bermuda foothold with Lutece buy, says CEO Hahn
Peak Reinsurance Company Limited (Peak Re), the Hong Kong headquartered, Fosun backed global reinsurer, aims to become the Asian leader in insurance-linked securities (ILS) with its acquisition of Lutece, while also benefiting from a new foothold in the Bermuda market, CEO Franz Josef Hahn explained to Artemis. Peak Re announced yesterday that it will acquire…
Read MoreILS funds rise 0.3% in Feb 2020, some cat bond funds hit by pandemic
While the average return of insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe bond and reinsurance linked investment funds was 0.3% in February 2020, some cat bond funds became early victims of the coronavirus pandemic and suffered a decline due to the devaluation of the World Bank’s pandemic bonds. February’s 0.3% average ILS fund return is the best performance…
Read MoreCATCo fund to redeem $29.34m shares at NAV, 40%+ above listed prices
The CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd., the listed retrocession focused investment fund strategy managed by Markel CATCo Investment Management, is set to buy-back almost $30 million of shares in a first compulsory purchase and the purchase is being made at NAV, which is well-above the current listed share prices for the fund. Markel CATCo Investment…
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