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Today’s Structured Credit Markets and Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs)

calendar_today August 28, 2019

Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) were notorious for their role in the credit crisis.  The lack of proper diligence in underwriting and the lack of quality controls at the banks and credit agencies all lead to reduced lending standards.  As a result, CDOs invested in subprime loans that were severely overvalued for the default risk that […]

Speak to anyone who currently has teen or preteen children, and many of them will tell you that their kids spend an inordinate amount of time staring at the screen of their smartphone or tablet. In many ways, that 2-D world has overtaken their personal interactions with 3-D people...

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Reinsurance, Hurricanes and Climate Change – Reinsurance Series Part 3 of 3

calendar_today August 13, 2019

In the prior two pieces in this series we discuss the history of the reinsurance industry and the current dynamics in the market regarding premium levels.  The key benefit that reinsurance brings in portfolio construction is the ability for the strategy to deliver equity-like returns without correlation to the markets.  While investors value this characteristic, […]

Speak to anyone who currently has teen or preteen children, and many of them will tell you that their kids spend an inordinate amount of time staring at the screen of their smartphone or tablet. In many ways, that 2-D world has overtaken their personal interactions with 3-D people...

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