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The Labor Department Should Finish the Job on Robo-Voting
In recent months the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intervened in the proxy voting process, instituting changes that will modernize system after more than a decade and will help ensure that the interests of retail investors are better protected. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Regulations On The Use Of Proxy Advisors Now, […]
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Read MoreWhy coronavirus stimulus checks are still very possible
Since last week there have been reports that the next stimulus package would not include direct payments. The new bipartisan bill also didn’t include stimulus checks. However, over the past couple of days, support has grown for another round of coronavirus stimulus checks. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more White House in favor […]
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Read MoreNew Warning Issued About Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine
After clinical trials showed no major side effects with Pfizer’s COVID vaccine, the U.K. is attaching a new warning after severe allergic reactions in two patients who were among the first to receive it outside the clinical trial. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Warning issued for Pfizer’s COVID vaccine The warning is […]
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Read MoreNicaragua gets parametric insurance payout for hurricane Iota from CCRIF
Having already received a $10.7 million payout under its parametric tropical cyclone policy after hurricane Eta from the CCRIF, Nicaragua has now also received a payout for a second Category 4 storm, hurricane Iota. The CCRIF SPC (formerly known as the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) provides a range of parametric catastrophe insurance products to…
Read MoreESG survey finds gap between its perceived importance & actual practice
While the recent survey we conducted alongside Synpulse, looking at the adoption of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices in the risk transfer, reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets, found that ESG is perceived as very important, there is an evident gap between perception and actual practice. During the third-quarter of 2020 we teamed up…
Read MoreAlphabet’s second Phoenician Re cat bond priced above mid-point
The second catastrophe bond issuance from Alphabet, Inc., the holding company for tech giant Google and its units, has now been priced and the coupon for the $95 million Phoenician Re Ltd. (Series 2020-2) transaction has been fixed above the mid-point of guidance. Alphabet’s first catastrophe bond issuance, the Phoenician Re Ltd. (Series 2020-1) transaction…
Read MoreILS backed reinsurers Kelvin Re & Humboldt Re placed under review by AM Best
Following the news that Guernsey based, Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies supported reinsurance firms Kelvin Re and Humboldt Re are to cease underwriting new business, rating agency AM Best has placed their ratings under review with negative implications. As we explained yesterday, the two Guernsey domiciled reinsurance vehicles that are backed by investors and funds…
Read MoreConstant flow of new sponsors required for more dynamic cat bond market: Fitch
In light of a marketplace that had slowed its growth trajectory somewhat in recent years, Fitch has underlined the need for a sustained inflow of new sponsors to drive a more dynamic, growing catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector. According to Fitch, a constant flow of new sponsors has not occurred with regularity in…
Read MoreStrong Liquidity Should Help Social Housing Providers Remain Resilient
Strong Liquidity Should Help Social Housing Providers Remain Resilient, Report Says Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Social Housing Providers Will Remain Resilient LONDON (S&P Global Ratings) Dec. 8, 2020–S&P Global Ratings believes that its ratings on social housing providers (SHPs) will remain largely resilient in 2021 following a temporary weakness in performance […]
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