Tag Archives: insurance
Meiji Yasuda to cut unhedged foreign bonds
Interactive Investor – Japan’s Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co said on Monday it planned to cut its unhedged foreign bond holdings while increasing its hedged foreign bond holdings this business year to offset currency risks. The nation’s third-largest life insurer […]
Bair pitches hedge funds and pensions on US bank plan
Reuters – Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, is in New York on Friday to meet with hedge funds, private equity funds and pension groups to promote the government’s plan to cleanse banks’ balance sheets of toxic […]
Obama’s Interview on ‘The Tonight Show’ / regarding hedge funds and AIG
FOXNews – MR. LENO: Tell people what happened. I know people have been over it, just — MR. OBAMA: Well, look, here’s what happened. You’ve got a company, AIG, which used to be just a regular, old insurance company. Then […]
MBIA Debt-Guarantee Split Sparks Hedge Fund Lawsuit
Bloomberg – MBIA’s split of its bond- insurance business was challenged by hedge funds alleging the move hurts owners of about $240 billion of debt while benefiting stock investors, executives and some policyholders. The reorganization, in which MBIA stripped $5.4 […]
CI will co-operate in Fairfax suit
Globe and Mail – A long-running legal dispute between Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. and a group of hedge funds has produced a sideshow involving the chief executive officer of one of Canada’s biggest mutual fund companies. Fairfax, a Toronto-based insurance […]
Funds expect 2009 growth in life insurance trading
Reuters – Fund managers who buy U.S. life insurance policies to cash in the death benefits have predicted a bumper year in 2009 as investors seek uncorrelated alternatives to mainstream markets. Supply is also is expected to increase as more […]
A Hedge Fund Gambles on Death
BusinessWeek – The market for exotic securities hasn’t entirely gone away. It’s just gone underground—-six feet under, to be precise. Hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management is plunging into life settlements—a market in which speculators buy-up unwanted life insurance policies […]
Bank of America Receives $138 Billion of Rescue Funds
Bloomberg – Bank of America Corp., the largest U.S. bank by assets, received a $138 billion emergency lifeline from the government to support its acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. and prevent the global financial crisis from deepening. The U.S. […]
April 2008, Global Hedge Fund Performance
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- Hedge funds started the second quarter of 2008 on a strong note as global stock markets recovered, according to Singapore-based hedge fund research company Eurekahedge. "The Fed’s aggressive response to the weakness across credit markets and […]
