Plenum Investments hires Grieger of Twelve & Franz of SocGen

Plenum Investments AG, the Zurich based specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond investment manager, has announced two key hires with Daniel Grieger who was formerly at Twelve Capital and Rötger Franz formerly of Société Générale joining the firm. Daniel Grieger was a founding partner of insurance and reinsurance specialst investment firm Twelve Capital and…

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Florida Citizens targets $300m+ Everglades Re II 2020 cat bond

Florida Citizens, the state-supported insurer of last resort, is back in the catastrophe bond market for what will be its seventh issuance, seeking support for a $300 million or greater Everglades Re II Ltd. (Series 2020-1 & 2020-2) deal that will also expand coverage to the Citizens personal lines account for the first time. Florida’s…

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What’s the best long-term investment?

What’s the best long-term investment? Because you’re a money nerd (and a GRS reader), I hope your answer to this question was, “Stocks!” If the future is anything like the past, that’s the correct answer. History has shown that stocks are the best long-term investment — and by a wide margin. Unfortunately, most Americans believe…

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TigerRisk hires Lawrence Po-Ba for Lloyd’s capital & investment focus

TigerRisk Partners LLC, the global risk, capital and reinsurance brokerage and advisory, has announced the hiring of experienced London reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market executive Lawrence Po-Ba. Po-Ba was most recently an employee of London headquartered ILS fund manager Securis Investment Partners LLP, where he had a focus on helping the investment manager deploy…

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Best of Artemis, week ending 3rd May 2020

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 3rd May 2020, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish. Ten most read articles on Artemis.bm,…

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Otis vs. Carrier: Which Spin-off to Buy?

Published May 2nd, 2020 This article is written by Rich Howe, CFA, who monitors the stock spin-off market at www.stockspinoffinvesting.com. Recently, United Technologies (UTX) broke up into three independent public companies. First, it spun off its two non-aerospace divisions: Otis Worldwide Corp ( OTIS)  and Carrier Corporation (CARR). Then, it merged the remaining aerospace company…

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Expected Dividend Increases in May (Hopefully)

April was an interesting month in the market. Trillions of dollars were pumped into the economy and the Fed was pulling all of the levers possible to offset the fact that economic activity came to a screeching halt.  Stock prices rebounded from the crash in March and the market posted its best month in 30+…

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The Complete List of Stocks That Pay Dividends in December

Spreadsheet data updated daily Constituents updated annually Retirees face many unique situations from the perspective of maximizing the utility of their investment portfolio. In fact, perhaps the most difficult challenge is structuring your portfolio such that it generates a consistent amount of dividend income each month. This goal is essentially impossible without detailed databases of…

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The Complete List of Stocks That Pay Dividends in November

Spreadsheet data updated daily Constituents updated annually Retirees face a number of unique challenges when it comes to managing their investment portfolios. One of the more specialized challenges is the desire to generate a consistent amount of dividends each month. With that in mind, Sure Dividend maintains stock market databases for stocsk that pay dividends…

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