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Financial markets are showing some signs of volatility these days after exceptionally low indicators since the start of the 2017. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, or Vix, is at its highest level this year. The VVix Index, which me...
DATE: Aug 14, 2017
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Reinsurance
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Bermudian-based insurance and reinsurance company Fidelis Insurance has appointed group chief risk officer Charles Mathias to its board.
Mr Mathias replaces Neil McConachie, who resigned as group chief financial officer and director earlier this year...
DATE: Aug 14, 2017
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Reinsurance
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Insurance veteran Robert Cooney and tourism industry veteran Dennis Tucker have been appointed as independent directors of LOM Financial Ltd.
The new recruits will serve on the boards of the investment firm’s three Bermuda-regulated subsidiaries.
Mr...
DATE: Aug 14, 2017
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Local Business
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Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan is worried about a bond bubble. “By any measure, real long-term interest rates are much too low and therefore unsustainable,” Greenspan said in a recent interview. “When they move higher they are likely ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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Dear Dave,
I’m debt-free except for my home, and I’m considering having solar panels installed on the roof of the house. It would cost about $27,000. I have $80,000 in savings, but the company doing the installation will finance it all for just one p...
DATE: Aug 12, 2017
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Personal Finance
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The America’s Cup may have ended but Bermuda — and especially Dockyard — has new and exciting things on the horizon.
Among the West End Development Corporation’s plans are new tourist accommodations on site and a new transport museum.
Andrew Dias, th...
DATE: Aug 11, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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Fast-growing Athene Holding Ltd is continuing its expansion into Europe with the acquisition of Dublin-based life insurer Aegon Ireland.
Bermudian-based life reinsurer and annuities provider Athene will carry out the transaction through AGER Bermuda ...
DATE: Aug 11, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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When it comes to cutting-edge ideas about emerging technologies, Alex “Sandy” Pentland has many people’s ears.
So when the man, who has previously been named by Forbes as one of world’s seven most powerful data scientists, came to Bermuda there was a...
DATE: Aug 11, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A Bermudian-registered investment fund has been ordered by the Supreme Court to wind up because the island’s financial regulator found it had breached several regulations.
The Bermuda Monetary Authority petitioned the Supreme Court to wind up Cumulus...
DATE: Aug 11, 2017
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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Six stocks traded on the Bermuda Stock Exchange today, as BF&M Ltd and Ascendant Group Ltd advanced.
The most heavily traded issue was LOM Financial Ltd, which saw 66,666 shares change hands as its price remained unchanged on $2.50.
Ascendant, owner ...
DATE: Aug 11, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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