Investment Officers
Election Uncertainties Prompt Fairfax’s Watsa to Dump U.S. Treasuries
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., the Canadian holding company run by value investor Prem Watsa, sold almost all of its long-dated U.S. Treasuries amid global uncertainty, including the outcome of the ...
Investment Gains Fuel Allied World’s Q3 Results
Double-digit investment income growth contributed largely to solid Q3 earnings at Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG. Results also reverse the losses booked a year ago, despite some larger ...
CNA Investment Income Gains Stand Strongly in Steady Q3
CNA Financial Corp's Q3 went very well for the insurer, which is slated to get a new CEO on Nov. 21. Net income soared, thanks to investment gains, catastrophe losses were relatively stable, and the ...
Post-Merger Chubb Scores in Q3 Net Income, Combined Ratio
The world's largest publicly traded property/casualty insurance company, Chubb Limited, reported net income for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2016 of $1.36 billion, or $2.88 per share, compared with ...
AllianceBernstein Takes $7B Hit as AIG Cuts Asset Manager Ties
AllianceBernstein Holding LP became another victim of the hedge fund rout when American International Group Inc. decided to wind down a six-year relationship with the asset manager. AIG was the "most ...
AIG Sued for $100M in Bonuses by Former Derivatives Staff
American International Group Inc. was sued by former staff who say they were denied $100 million in bonuses amid public outrage over derivative trades that crippled the insurer and threatened the ...
Allianz Joins IFC Global Infrastructure Program With $500M Investment
World Bank Group member IFC is launching a program designed to raise $5 billion for infrastructure development in emerging markets. Allianz is among the global investors. IFC, a global development ...
A ‘Hard Brexit’ Could Cost British Finance Firms $48.3B in Revenue
Britain's financial industry could lose up to 38 billion pounds ($48.34 billion) in revenue in a so-called 'hard Brexit' that would leave it with restricted access to the European Union's single ...