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IPC Holdings Ltd.'s interim chief executive officer John Weale said yesterday that the Bermuda reinsurer has received several proposals of interest beside the takeover bids tabled by Validus Holdings Ltd. and Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Ltd.
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DATE: Jul 09, 2009
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Validus Holdings Ltd. has agreed to buy fellow Bermuda reinsurer IPC Holdings Ltd. in a deal worth $1.7 billion.
The two companies announced that their boards of directors has agreed on a sweetened deal, which saw Validus double the cash payment it i...
DATE: Jul 09, 2009
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Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. has agreed to buy Paris Re Holdings Ltd. in a $2 billion deal that will make it the fourth largest reinsurer in the world.
PartnerRe chief executive officer Patrick Thiele said PartnerRe would become a larger and stronger...
DATE: Jul 07, 2009
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The voracious take-up of Butterfield Bank's $200 million preference share offering has shown the local capacity and appetite for sound investments with an attractive yield.
The is the view of Greg Wojciechowski, president and CEO of the Bermuda Stock...
DATE: Jul 06, 2009
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Administrators working on the winding up of Bermuda investment firm Emerald Financial Group Ltd. are "hopeful" that many investors will get their money back, it emerged yesterday.
Bermuda Police arrested a 45-year-old woman last Thursday — reportedly...
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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listing of Butterfield Bank's preference shares on the Bermuda Stock Exchange has been officially launched.
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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Argus Group Holdings Ltd. yesterday announced a net loss of $115.7 million for the year ending March 31, 2009 — the first annual loss in the company's 60-year history.
Chief executive officer Gerald Simons said earnings had been "severely impacted by...
DATE: Jul 03, 2009
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Bermuda investment firm Emerald Financial Group is facing a winding-up action, after financial regulator the Bermuda Monetary Authority took enforcement action yesterday.
The news came after the arrest of a 45-year-old woman yesterday in connection w...
DATE: Jul 02, 2009
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Bermuda-based bond insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd. yesterday completed its acquisition of Financial Security Assurance Holdings Ltd. (FSA) from Dexia SA, boosting its claims-paying ability to around $12.5 billion.
In a statement yesterday, Assured said...
DATE: Jul 02, 2009
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Efforts by the US tax authorities to tighten up scrutiny of offshore hedge funds will have
Stepping up its scrutiny of offshore investing, the IRS demanded that hedge-fund and private-equity investors disclose hundreds of billions of dollars they hav...
DATE: Jul 02, 2009
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