Oil Prices Drop as U.S. Supplies Rise to Fresh Record U.S. Benchmark Crude Prices Fall Below $50 a Barrel Oil tumbled for the second day in a row, with the U.S. benchmark slipping back below $50 a barrel, after a government report showed U.S. crude stockpiles reached a new record high. Read more here.
root9B Technologies in Reuters
NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — root9B Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: RTNB), a leading provider of cybersecurity and regulatory risk mitigation services, today announced that it has acquired privately-held IPSA International, Inc. (“IPSA”), a global business investigative and regulatory risk mitigation company. View press release here.
Tortoise in Oil & Gas Monitor
Despite Cheap Oil, Energy Sector Provides Opportunities The energy sector has been dominating the headlines due to the dramatic drop in the price of crude oil in the later months of 2014, as global supply currently is exceeding demand. As is often the case in the short term, the market did not necessarily decipher quality, […]
Beazley Quoted in New York Times
Anthem Hacking Points to Security Vulnerability of Health Care Industry The cyberattack on Anthem, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, points to the vulnerability of health care companies, which security specialists say are behind other industries in protecting sensitive personal information. Read more here.
Beazley in NPR-All Things Considered
Anthem Hack Renews Calls For Laws To Better Prevent Breaches The call for more systemic changes to prevent mega-hacks is getting louder after hackers hit Anthem, the nation’s second-largest health insurer. The company says cyberthieves gained access to the addresses, employment information and Social Security numbers of 80 million customers and employees. Read more here.
GBI in The Australian
Gold among top performers, but fear, not glitter, drives rally GOLD’S run-up so far this year has put it among the best-performing assets globally. But it is fear, not glitter, that is behind the yellow metal’s appeal for investors. Read more here.
Tortoise in Bloomberg
Oil Surges Most Since 2012 as Slump Seen Curbing Output Crude in New York advanced the most since June 2012 after a drop in the U.S. rig count signaled the slump in prices over the past seven months will curb output. Read more here.
GBI's Bob Alderman in WSJ
Gold, Dollar Buck Trend to Shine Together Amid Renewed Economic Uncertainty, Both Gold and the U.S. Dollar Are on the Rise Gold’s run-up so far this year has put it among the best-performing assets globally. But it is fear, not glitter, that is behind the yellow metal’s appeal for investors. Read more here.
Horizon in NJ Biz
Jersey City hospital on verge of exiting Horizon BCBSNJ network New Jersey’s largest health insurer, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, announced Tuesday that Christ Hospital in Jersey City, owned by the for-profit CarePoint Health, has terminated its relationship with Horizon and will exit the insurer’s network June 1. Read more here.
Tortoise on NBR
Nightly Business Report — February 2, 2015 View the entire show here.
DMS in HFMWeek
DMS hires AlphaPipe chief exec as ODD director DMS Offshore Investment Services (DMS) has hired AlphaPipe CEO and former Goldman Sachs executive Westley Chapman as ODD director. Read more here.
DMS in Reuters
Fund governance firm DMS Offshore Investment Services appointed former Goldman Sachs Group Inc executive Westley Chapman as a director. Chapman, will be based in New York, will serve on the boards of investment funds, providing oversight on governance and compliance matters. Read more here.
NFL Alumni Partners with CTCA
A U.S. cancer organization has partnered with the NFL alumni association ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl XLIX to raise awareness about screening, diagnosis and treatment for prostate cancer, a disease that kills tens of thousands of U.S. men a year. Read the article here.
Tortoise in Seeking Alpha
Time To Consider Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation? Read the rest here.
EquityZen in Forbes
Here’s All The VC Firms Who Made More On The Box IPO Than Its CEO Read the rest here.
PreciseType in WSJ
Hospitals Aim to Better Match Blood Donors and Recipients New Risks to Patients Needing Transfusions As researchers uncover more genetic variations in blood types, they are identifying new risks to patients needing transfusions. Read the article here.
DMS in Global Tax Weekly
The ‘Whys And Wherefores’ Of FATCA Withholding by Peter Stafford, DMS Offshore Investment Services Peter Stafford, a Cayman Islands attorney-at-law, is a Director and member of the Tax Information Services Team of DMS Offshore Investment Services.
Franklin Square in Investment News
Wilshire rolls out BDC index, setting the stage for investible versions Index will mainly act as a benchmark for the universe of six dozen individual BDCs until an investible version is created Read more here.
GBI in The Bullion Desk
Gold a needed portfolio diversifier as central banks head in opposite directions. Read the article here.
DMS Offshore on Fox Business
How everyone gets caught in the IRS web – DMS offshore Investment Services Kathleen Celoria explains the IRS going after Americans and Company’s being made to declare their offshore accounts.
PreciseType in San Diego Union-Tribune
Read the full article about new medical devices here.
STA discusses SEC pilot on Tabb Forum
STA Thoughts on the Tick Pilot It is a fundamental belief of the Security Traders Association that market structure changes should be based on empirical data, according to STA president and CEO Jim Toes, who says the current one-size-fits-all equity market structure does not meet the liquidity needs of many small-cap public companies. As such, […]
GBI in MainStreet
Gold and Crude Oil Could Prove to Be Next Winning Couple NEW YORK (MainStreet) — As prices for both crude oil and gold have declined recently, the regular correlation between the two commodities appears to be ending, according to precious metals experts. Read the rest here.
DMS in Hedgeweek
Cayman structures compliment AIFMD funds In 2011, ahead of the introduction of the AIFMD in Europe, an article entitled “A foot in both camps”, was written by Derek Delaney, Managing Director of DMS Offshore Investment Services (Europe) Limited. In it, Delaney (pictured) wrote: “There is an enduring perception that the established European domiciles such as […]
Beazley on Fox Business
Will insurance cover Sony’s hack? – Beazley CEO Andrew Horton discusses how the Sony hack will impact the insurance industry.
LabCorp Named Diagnostic Service Provider of Pro Football Legends
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., Dec. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Pro Football Legends, the commercial marketing arm of the National Football League Alumni, Inc. (NFL Alumni) and Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®) (NYSE: LH) are pleased to announce that they have entered into an agreement for LabCorp to be a sponsor of Pro Football Legends. Under […]
Franklin Square in Investment news
An alternative oil investment that hinges on infrastructure needs Nontraded energy BDC provides funds for exploration and drilling The sharp decrease in oil prices over the past six months undoubtedly has pained advisers and investors interested in the energy sector. Oil prices dropped sharply last week, reaching five-year lows. For the first time since July […]
EquityZen in TechCrunch
Lending Club’s $5.4 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange is more than just the largest IPO for a U.S.-based tech company this year, it’s also planting the flag for an entire ecosystem of startup companies engaged in overturning the ways in which the world deals with money. “This is not some […]
Beazley on Fox Business
Insuring against cyber attacks – Beazley Breach Response Unit Head Katherine Keefe on how companies can protect themselves financially from cyber attacks.
Trying to give back to the FDNY
I’m standing in a midtown firehouse a few weeks ago watching – over a two-hour period – the guys suit up and answer six different calls. Last week, in a different midtown house, it was three calls in 45 minutes. Yet the guys (yes, in these particular houses and during these shifts it was all […]