RBNZ Says Insurance May Become Unaffordable for High-Risk Homes
 New Zealanders who own properties in areas prone to flooding or earthquakes may find they can’t afford insurance or may not be offered cover for specific risks, according to the Reserve Bank.

T. Rowe Price says 2018 Tesla pay aligned with investor interests

Pension funds are pulling $325 bn from stocks
 

Health Insurers Tumble as Final Medicare Advantage Rates Disappoint
Health insurance stocks fell sharply Monday in late trading after US regulators didn’t boost payments for private Medicare plans like the industry had come to expect.

US yields dip as traders renew bets on Fed rate cuts

Health Insurers Split With US Over Relief After Cyberattack
Health insurers and US government officials are expected to meet next week to hash out differences over how to assist cash-strapped medical practices, as a cyberattack last month continues to hold up billions of dollars in payments.

Bond markets are flooded with deals to fund M&A

Latin America's troubled state companies lure bond investors

In Tokyo, world's first sovereign transition bonds make their debut

US equity fund withdrawals ebb to four-week low amid tech-led Wall Street rally

After $70 Billion Hit, Insurers Wake Up to New Patterns of Risk
The insurance industry is grappling with a new kind of weather risk that’s increasingly driving its biggest losses.

Wall Street’s titans are betting big on insurers. What could go wrong?
 

US bonds keep bearish tone after strong jobs data

'Remarkable' surge in auto insurance costs fans US inflation

BlackRock to cut 3% of workforce, aims for larger employee strength by end of 2024
Financial giant BlackRock has announced plans to lay off about 3 per cent of its current workforce, citing a need to streamline operations and adapt to changing market conditions, as reported by Reuters.

Bond rally overlooking a soaring $2 trillion debt problem

US Treasury yields sway higher following better-than-expected jobs data
US Treasury yields continued trudging higher Thursday after economic data that suggested the U.S. labor market remains strong.

Best bond forecasters of 2023 say the rally is doomed to fizzle
The most accurate US bond forecasters of 2023 say the strong year-end rally won't stretch into 2024.

The Worlds Largest Life Insurers, 2023
Allianz SE, China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Nippon Life Insurance Co. are the three largest life insurance companies in the world, according to a new ranking by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Hedge funds went on stock-buying spree ahead of job data: Morgan Stanley
Global hedge funds went on a stock-buying spree just ahead of a U.S. jobs report that drove the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to their highest closing levels since early 2022, a Morgan Stanley's prime brokerage note showed.

Global bonds head for best month since 2008 financial crisis
Global bonds are soaring at the fastest pace since the 2008 financial crisis.

Tesla launched its own car insurance. These drivers say it's a lemon.

Treasuries see first weekly outflow since Feb as investors buy stocks
U.S. Treasury funds recorded their first outflow since February in the week to Wednesday, as global investors shed $1 billion of the government bonds and piled into stocks, according to Bank of America and data provider EPFR on Friday. Investors snapped up $23.5 billion in stocks in the week to Nov. 15, marking the second largest weekly inflow into equities of 2023. U.S. large cap stocks also clocked their largest inflow since February 2022, with $23.7 billion.

10-year Treasury yield briefly hits 2-month low; curve inversion deepens
The steep decline in US Treasury yields since the start of November continued on Friday with those on the benchmark 10-year note briefly falling to the lowest level in 2 months.

Investors in thematic funds hurt returns by trading too frequently: Morningstar
Investors in thematic funds cut their returns by nearly two-thirds through badly-timed trades, a report by Morningstar Manager Research showed.

US Treasury yields jump as revised retail sales overshadow cooling inflation
US Treasury yields rebounded Wednesday despite signs of slowing inflation after a revision of retail sales data showed strong gains in September.

PE companies trapped in China after $1.5-trillion bets
Private equity firms that amassed more than $1.5 trillion of assets in China in just two decades are now struggling to offload once-promising investments they were counting on for hefty returns.

Health Insurance to Drive up US Inflation

Bond bonfire drives U.S. 10-year Treasury yield to cusp of 5%
Yields on 10-year U.S. Treasuries jumped again on Thursday, nearing a 5% level not seen since just before the financial crisis in 2007, with markets on edge before Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks about the economy later in the day.

Hedge funds expected to ramp up returns on higher rates: BNP survey
Investors expect hedge funds to produce higher returns with the prospect of interest rates staying higher for longer, a BNP Paribas investor survey showed on Wednesday.