Financial
Bitcoin Price Hits New Record High, Fuels Fresh Demands For Regulation
As Bitcoin hits all-time price highs, regulation must now become a major priority for financial watchdogs, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The Price Of Bitcoin Hit A New Record High The call-to-action from Nigel Green, chief executive and founder […]
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Read MoreThis is the One Question Growth Investors Need to Answer
A Golden Age For Growth Investing In the past decade, Growth Investing has come of age. One of the investment firms at the vanguard of this trend is Scotland-based Baillie Gifford. Their incredible success has given many traditional value managers pause for thought. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Recently, one of the […]
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Read MoreSilver, Process Over Intuition
Most likely, you will find the sum of trades you trusted, had a hunch about, and liked, to be the losing ones. And the ones you doubted maybe even skipped taking, to be the large winners. Intuition isn’t worth a dime in trading. The only way to succeed is process. Over time, in turn, you […]
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Read MoreArgo scales back third-party capital use, lowers reinsurance retentions
Argo Group, the Bermuda headquartered specialty insurance underwriter, is set to scale back its use of third-party reinsurance capital, as the company looks to retain more of its profitable business and move forwards after the shedding of Ariel Re. Argo Group has recently refocused its business on its specialty insurance roots after selling off its…
Read MoreGreensill Capital Files For Insolvency Protection
Whitney Tilson’s email to investors discussing Greensill Capital, Softbank and cooking the books. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Greensill Capital Blows Up And Files For Insolvency Protection 1) U.K.-based supply chain finance company Greensill Capital blew up last week and filed for insolvency protection on Monday. Here’s a Bloomberg article about it: […]
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Read MoreDemotech warns some Florida carriers must “markedly improve” in 2021
With thoughts turning to the key mid-year reinsurance renewals and negotiations already underway for many Florida domestic insurance carriers, rating agency Demotech has warned that nine carriers need to report “markedly improved operating results in 2021” to sustain their current rating level. Following up on its warning ten days ago that Florida’s insurance marketplace needs…
Read MoreMiller launches Bermuda arm with retro and ILS focus, to be led by Simpson
Insurance and reinsurance broker Miller, the newly independent and private equity funded broking group, has announced the launch of a Bermuda arm that will have a retrocession and ILS focus, as well as the hire of retro broking specialist Charlie Simpson from Aon to lead the unit. Miller was recently taken private after it was…
Read MoreHannover Re uses Kubera for life ILS issuance. Life ILS volumes pass $1bn
Global reinsurance firm Hannover Re has been expanding its activities in life insurance-linked securities (ILS), with its life ILS volumes passing $1 billion and a recent deal tapping its Kubera Insurance (SAC) Ltd. as an issuer to transact with life ILS investors. In fact, Hannover Re’s expanding life ILS operations are seen as an opportunity…
Read MoreWinter storms mean higher renewal rates into 2022: ILS Capital
Bermuda headquartered ILS fund and investment manager ILS Capital Management, has said that it expects that industry losses suffered from the recent winter storms and Arctic blast in the United States will drive renewal rates higher at the mid-year and also further into 2022. The ILS investment manager revealed an expectation that, at an industry…
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