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Frenzy Of Initial Public Offerings To Continue In 2021
This year brought a wave of initial public offerings that attracted record amounts of capital, and next year is expected to bring more of the same. Veterans in the IPO business expected 2020 to be a disappointing year for the industry after the pandemic started shutting down the U.S. economy in March, triggering a steep […]
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Read MoreClimate risk protection gaps need capital market (ILS) solutions
The physical climate risk protection gap, so the gulf between climate related losses covered by insurance, reinsurance or risk transfer and those going uncovered, is widening, but instruments such as insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe bonds and other blended financing solutions can help to narrow this gap. In real estate the climate risk protection gap is…
Read MoreThe Year Of The Quitter: Seven Things To Stop Doing In 2021
Instead of making new resolutions to add (and later discard) in the new year, Steve Cook says we should be focusing on what we want to subtract. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Take A Different Approach To Resolutions In 2021 Knoxville, TN (December 2020)—As December winds down, we typically look back over […]
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Read MoreReinsurers in Cayman Islands set up industry group CIRCA
Cayman Islands based reinsurance companies have established a new industry group called the Cayman International Reinsurance Companies Association (CIRCA), which is expected to help further develop the islands reinsurance sector. Founding reinsurer members of CIRCA include: Aureum Re, Barents Re, CIBC Cayman Reinsurance Ltd., Greenlight Re, Knighthead Annuity & Life Assurance Company, Nassau Re (Cayman)…
Read MoreCroatia hit by M6.4 earthquake, strongest recorded to hit the country
Yesterday, Croatia was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that has destroyed many buildings and was the largest quake to strike the country since the introduction of modern seismic instrumentation. The M6.4 earthquake struck central Croatia at 11:19 GMT on Tuesday December 29th at a depth of 10km around 30 miles southeast of the capital…
Read MoreGerman institutional investors to allocate more to ILS in 2021: Survey
Institutional investors in Germany are expected to expand on allocations to asset classes that exhibit lower levels of correlation to financial markets, such as alternatives and other credit specialties, including insurance-linked securities (ILS), a survey found. In its annual investor survey, the Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI), Germany’s association for the alternative investments industry, found…
Read MoreCorn And Soybean Stocks Are Getting Tighter Amid South American Drought
“As Gordon Gecko said in Wall Street, ‘if you’re not inside, you’re outside.’ The price action today in corn and soybeans reminded me of that famous scene,” reports Daniels Trading Senior Commodities Broker Craig Turner, author of Turner’s Take newsletter. “There was not much new in the press or from the USDA. Weather forecasts have […]
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Read More2020: The Year Of The Tech Oligarch?
2020, a year dominated by COVID-19 and government-mandated lockdowns, saw Tech Oligarchs Facebook and Twitter profiting, both monetarily and politically, from their stranglehold on information. Parler vows to make 2021 different. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Tech Oligarchs Profiting From Their Stranglehold On Information Henderson, NV – 2020, a year dominated by […]
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Read MoreCities With The Highest Rent Increases And Decreases In 2020
To say the coronavirus pandemic caused some changes to Americans would be an understatement. The pandemic this year created significant changes to almost every aspect of our lives. The U.S. economy and people’s way of living were two of the major factors that caused the most notable changes affecting lives. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, […]
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