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Shortest Stock Correction Ever
What a day that was. What started off looking like a sea of red not seen in months ended with the Dow and S&P in the green. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Powell Eases The Fears Of The Masses It was an overdue plummet- at least that’s what I thought at the […]
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Read MoreDividend Aristocrats In Focus: Chubb Ltd.
Updated on February 24th, 2021 by Bob Ciura Only companies in the S&P 500 Index, with at least 25 years of dividend growth, can claim the title of being a Dividend Aristocrat. This club is so exclusive that there are only 65 such companies in the S&P 500 Index. As a result, Dividend Aristocrats are…
Read MoreThese Are the Ten Most Consistent Hedge Funds
A hedge fund is a pooled investment fund that invests in relatively liquid assets. It employs several strategies to earn active returns for investors. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the top 20 best-performing hedge funds earned $63.5 billion for investors last year, according to Reuters. These hedge funds may have performed well last year, but when […]
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Read More$600 coronavirus stimulus check for Californians: Who would get it and when
California’s Governor Gavin Newsom, on Tuesday, signed a $7.6 billion coronavirus relief package. Among other things, the relief package includes $600 one-time coronavirus stimulus checks for 5.7 million Californians. Detailed below is the information on who would qualify for the payment and when the payment could arrive. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more […]
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Read MoreReinsurance prices must rise further to provide adequate returns: Moody’s
The reinsurance market is not in a hard market and in fact rate increases seen at the January 2021 renewal season are only seen as adequate by Moody’s, who believe that reinsurance prices must keep rising for adequate risk-adjusted returns to be achievable. The rating agency said that the January 2021 reinsurance renewals were “favorable…
Read MoreHong Kong’s ILS grant scheme to cover ~US $1.6m of issuance costs
Hong Kong’s Government has revealed some of the details of its proposed insurance-linked securities (ILS) grant scheme, through which it will pay a share of issuance costs for any ILS structures issued out of the Special Administrative Region. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HK SAR) of the People’s Republic of China has been preparing…
Read MoreWinter storm Uri an aggregate threat, but commercial loss may protect ILS: Twelve Capital
Winter storm Uri is destined to become a record insurance and reinsurance market loss for a winter weather event in the United States and while the impacts may be in the double-digit billions of dollars, the ILS market may be protected from too significant a share. A number of factors could play into this, such…
Read MorePersistence of third-party capital owners affirmed: AM Best
While the entry of third-party, or alternative, reinsurance capital slowed after recent heavy catastrophe years and resulting challenges they brought, those difficulties also “affirmed the persistence of third-party capital owners,” rating agency AM Best has said. Third-party capital has increasingly found its routes into the reinsurance market becoming easier, more efficient and with reduced friction,…
Read MoreCOVID-19 to drive stronger reinsurance growth & positive pricing: SCOR
France headquartered global reinsurance firm SCOR noted this morning that the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is creating the conditions for stronger reinsurance growth, alongside positive pricing dynamics, which it puts down to a general increase in risk aversion as a result of the pandemic crisis. In reporting its annual results this morning, SCOR revealed an increase…
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