Investment Officers
Newsmaker: BlackBerry Savior Watsa, an Investor with a Long View
As soon as Prem Watsa stepped down from BlackBerry's board in August, speculation that he would launch a bid for the troubled smartphone maker started to swirl. Six weeks later, the man some call ...Fairfax Sets Floor for BlackBerry with $4.7 Billion Offer
Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry on Monday signed a tentative deal to be acquired by a consortium led by its biggest shareholder, setting a $4.7 billion floor in the auction of the Canadian ...
Two Voted Against Designating Prudential As Systemic Risk
Prudential Financial Inc., the second-largest U.S. life insurer, was designated systemically important in a 7-to-2 vote by a council of regulators charged with preventing another crisis. Edward ...
RBS Raises $1 Billion from Sale of 20% of Direct Line
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc raised about 630 million pounds ($1 billion) from its third sale of a stake in Direct Line Insurance Group Plc, the U.K.'s biggest home and car insurer. RBS sold ...
Private U.S. Mortgage Insurers Revitalized by Housing Pickup
As more Americans buy homes, the handful of private insurers that cover their mortgages are attracting heavyweight investors keen to profit from the nascent housing market recovery. With billionaire ...
SEC Unveils CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio Rule
U.S. corporations will need to disclose how their chief executive officers' paychecks compare with those of their workers under a proposal unveiled on Wednesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...Goldman-to-Soros Backed Mortgage Insurer Essent Files for IPO
Essent Group Ltd., a mortgage insurer backed by investors including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and George Soros, filed for an initial public offering as investors pour capital into companies that ...
AXA’s CEO Invites Fed Taper as End of ‘Financial Repression’
AXA SA Chief Executive Officer Henri de Castries said France's largest insurer would welcome steps the U.S. Federal Reserve to scale back monthly asset purchases that have depressed bond yields. "One ...