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EC Fees likely a tipoff to sumptuous CEO pay
High fees for executive-compensation (EC) consultants are likely a tipoff to sumptuous CEO pay, study finds; More disclosure can stymie abuses at the expense of shareholders Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more With high CEO pay a decades-long source of agitation among observers of corporate management, it is no surprise that there has […]
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Read MoreLockton Re hires Matt Foreman from Aon for retro team build-out
Lockton Re, the reinsurance broking arm of the privately held and independent intermediary, has hired well-known London market retrocession broker Matt Foreman, as the company starts to build-out a new retro practice. Lockton Re has been seeking to add retrocession broking to its range of client offerings, with the fast growing independent wanting to position…
Read MoreTrump’s Last Big Gamble
President Donald Trump is an inveterate gambler – but not a very successful one. After all, how many billionaires do you know who have managed to go bankrupt four different times? Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Trump Opposes The $3 Trillion Economic Stimulus Bill Just three weeks ago he made perhaps the […]
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Read MoreThe Future of Fintech In A Coronavirus World
There is little doubt rapid innovation is occurring in the financial technology space. While a paradigm shift in financial services was already well underway, the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to exacerbate that shift. My role as CEO at SuperMoney has provided me with some insight into how things are evolving in the fintech space. Below […]
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Read MoreNext coronavirus stimulus: What do Trump’s top advisers say?
It’s been over three months since Congress approved the CARES Act. The stimulus package provided the much-needed cash inflow to Americans who were finding it difficult to meet their basic needs amid coronavirus pandemic. Now, people are anxiously waiting for the next coronavirus stimulus package, but there is a lot of uncertainty over what it […]
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Read MoreArtemis Live: Interview with RMS’ Jin Shah & Jeff Waters
This week our new video interview features RMS’ Jin Shah and Jeff Waters, who joined us to discuss the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season and how technology and analytics can help insurance, reinsurance and ILS market participants be better prepared and respond as storms threaten. All of our Artemis Live video interviews can be accessed directly…
Read MoreThe Thing That We Call a Price Crash Is Really an Emotions Crash
I believe that Robert Shiller’s Nobel-prize-winning research is legitimate research. I believe that most of today’s stock price is not reflective of economic realities but only of the temporary irrational exuberance of millions of highly emotional investors. Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Expect To See Another Price Crash I also believe that […]
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Read MoreUSAA in further $2.97m reinsurance recovery from Espada Re cat bond
U.S. primary mutual insurer USAA has made a second reinsurance recovery from its Espada Reinsurance Limited (Series 2016-1) catastrophe bond transaction and has released more of the outstanding principal back to investors as well. USAA sponsored the Espada Re catastrophe bond in 2016, securing $50 million of multi-peril U.S. catastrophe reinsurance protection from the transaction…
Read MoreILS should play a role in pandemic backstop solutions: Survey respondents
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) and capital markets backed sources of insurance or reinsurance capacity should play a role in any government or industry supported pandemic risk pooling facility or backstop, respondents to our latest survey said. Overwhelmingly, the hundreds of respondents to our latest market survey are in favour of and recognise the need for some…
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