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7 Mistakes Guaranteed to Ruin Your Retirement

By Angelica | May 12, 2020 | Comments Off on 7 Mistakes Guaranteed to Ruin Your Retirement

How’s that retirement fund going? If you’re like a lot of workers, you may have doubts about whether you’ll have enough money tucked away to avoid spending your final years living on ramen noodles. Just 23% of respondents said they were “very confident” they would have enough money for a comfortable retirement, according to the…

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U.S. Treasury weighs in on debate surrounding business interruption insurance

By Angelica | May 12, 2020 | Comments Off on U.S. Treasury weighs in on debate surrounding business interruption insurance

The U.S. Treasury Department issued a letter to members of Congress on May 8 which argued that proposals to force insurers to retroactively change business interruption (BI) policies to pay losses arising from the COVID-19 pandemic threaten the ability of the industry to serve policyholders and might lead to the insolvency of the industry. In…

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My professional life battling an RNA virus

By Angelica | May 12, 2020 | Comments Off on My professional life battling an RNA virus

I feel like I am reliving a bad dream. The race to find a treatment and/or cure to SARS-CoV-2 is reminiscent of decades of practicing gastroenterology while hepatitis C roamed the hospital wards as a death sentence for many. I found myself recently recalling a patient whose story ends with science finding a cure.  As…

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The not-so-forgivable PPP loans: Wrestling with ambiguous and sometimes nonsensical SBA guidance

By Angelica | May 12, 2020 | Comments Off on The not-so-forgivable PPP loans: Wrestling with ambiguous and sometimes nonsensical SBA guidance

We have all spent so much time and energy applying for the Paycheck Protection Program, trying to interpret and decipher the intent behind the words. Original Article Posted at : https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/the-not-so-forgivable-ppp-loans-wrestling-with-ambiguous-and-sometimes-nonsensical-sba-guidance

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Diversification still key driver for alternatives investing, appetites growing

By Angelica | May 12, 2020 | Comments Off on Diversification still key driver for alternatives investing, appetites growing

Investors seeking diversified sources of return, particularly with little correlation to broader financial market factors, remain key drivers of allocations to the alternative asset classes of the world and appetite for these assets continues to grow. Data from alternative investment specialist information service provider Preqin shows that investors allocating to alternatives continue to rank the…

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Local partners at EY in Netherlands asked to top up buffers

By Angelica | May 12, 2020 | Comments Off on Local partners at EY in Netherlands asked to top up buffers

EY’s Dutch unit is asking its partners in the Netherlands to stump up funding to help it confront the blow to its business from COVID-19 measures. Original Article Posted at : https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/local-partners-at-ey-in-netherlands-asked-to-top-up-buffers

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Taking stock of your firm: What has changed and will change

By Angelica | May 12, 2020 | Comments Off on Taking stock of your firm: What has changed and will change

Taking care of people and partnering through new forms of communication are central to how accounting firms are taking stock of their practices right now Original Article Posted at : https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/taking-stock-of-your-firm-what-has-changed-and-will-change

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An oath I cannot keep

By Angelica | May 12, 2020 | Comments Off on An oath I cannot keep

This week I will be taking the physician’s oath. I am a person who only makes promises I can keep. Thus, I am struggling with committing myself to certain parts of the oath. Reflecting over the last four years of medical school, I can say with certainty that I hated my medical school experience. I…

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11 Home Upgrades With the Worst Return on Investment

By Angelica | May 12, 2020 | Comments Off on 11 Home Upgrades With the Worst Return on Investment

Federico Marsicano / Shutterstock.com Remodeling Magazine’s 2020 Cost vs. Value Report takes a look at national average costs for 22 home remodeling projects. It compares construction cost estimates for each project with the likely resale value. To get those resale estimates, the researchers surveyed real estate agents in 136 U.S. real estate markets, asking them…

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Pandemic-induced market dynamics could result in Class of 2020: Brad Adderley, Appleby

By Angelica | May 12, 2020 | Comments Off on Pandemic-induced market dynamics could result in Class of 2020: Brad Adderley, Appleby

Current insurance and reinsurance market dynamics suggest that it could be an opportune time for startups to enter the property/casualty market, according to Brad Adderley, Partner at Appleby, Bermuda. As the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic continues to alter the global economic outlook and influence the dynamics of the risk transfer space, there could be an opportunity…

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