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Reed Hastings’ New Book And Interviews
Whitney Tilson’s email to investors discussing Reed Hastings’ new book and interviews; Winning championships by having only stars on your team; Hastings Deems Remote Work ‘a Pure Negative’; Silicon Valley’s Culture Clash; Doug Kass: What Does Etsy Tell You About Tesla?; Insider trading at Tesla? Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Reed Hastings’ […]
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Read MoreWhich ETF Will Grow the Most Over The Next 5 Years?
Every week, Benzinga conducts a survey to collect sentiment on what traders are most excited about; interested in; or thinking about when they are managing and building their personal portfolios. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more This week we posed the following question related to 5 popular exchange-traded funds (ETFs): Over the next […]
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Read MoreS&P 500 Recovery from the Sharp Correction Goes On
The bulls responded with an upswing, which I saw as probable to happen. Is the sharp correction over now? Thus far, my answer remains the same as yesterday – in terms of prices, the worst is likely behind us, in terms of time, we have a way to go still. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, […]
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Read MoreCoronavirus stimulus checks: Pelosi pushes HEROES Act ahead of GOP vote
A few weeks back, many would have thought that negotiations on the next stimulus check would resume after the Senate returned to the capitol this week. But, on the day the Senate returned, it came up with a so-called skinny bill, which doesn’t include stimulus checks. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, however, hasn’t given up on […]
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Read MoreLloyd’s won’t be a capital free-for-all. iSPV plan approved at Council
The Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance market won’t be a free-for-all for capital once new ILS plans are in place, rather it hopes to level the playing field for different types of investors to access returns from the market. Speaking just now during a media briefing, Lloyd’s CEO John Neal said that the plan is to…
Read MoreDescartes raises $18.5m Series A to scale up parametric insurance
Descartes Underwriting, the insurance technology (insurtech) focused managing general agency (MGA) that specialises in parametric and data-driven risk transfer products, has raised Series A capital from leading investment firms to help it to scale up the parametric insurance space. Descartes Underwriting launched in early 2019, with a focus on parametric risk transfer and leveraging advanced…
Read MoreGuy Carpenter appoints Marsh’s Dean Klisura as President
Reinsurance brokerage Guy Carpenter, part of the Marsh & McLennan group of companies, has appointed long-time Marsh insurance broking senior executive Dean Klisura as its new President. In a move many will see as a potential step on the route towards a CEO succession at Guy Carpenter, Klisura will become President of Guy Carpenter from…
Read MoreFedNat triggers reinsurance program with hurricane Laura losses
FedNat Holding Company, the U.S. primary insurance carrier group, said that its reinsurance counterparties will be bearing a share of its losses associated with recent hurricane Laura. The insurer also said that it has purchased another reinsurance cover in September, providing extended second-event protection. FedNat said that both its FedNat Insurance Company and Maison Insurance…
Read MoreILS capital influx beginning, expected to persist: Swiss Re’s Rüede
Global reinsurer Swiss Re, which has been expanding its alternative reinsurance capital strategies in recent years, is seeing the “beginning of an influx” of capital into insurance-linked securities (ILS), something it believes will continued, Philipp Rüede, Head of the firms Alternative Capital Partners unit told us. Rüede was speaking to us in a recent interview…
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