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Representation & Warranty (R&W) Insurance – Current Market Trends

Cooley M&A

From 2008 to 2018, the total R&W policies bound per year in North America rose from 40 deals, providing $541 million of coverage to 1500+ R&W insurance transactions, providing aggregate coverage of $38.6 Aon estimates that over 45% of all private M&A transactions in North America had R&W insurance in 2018. [2].

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Tech unicorns UK – complete guide to the billion-dollar club

Growth Business

The group comprises of brokering firm Howden, underwriting agency DUAL, MGA and its data and analytics arm HX. 13 – Copper Value: $2-$2.5bn Founded: 2018 What do they do? 18 – Zilch Value: $2bn Founded: 2018 What do they do? 8 – Monzo Value: $4.5bn Founded: 2015 What do they do?

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The 20 greatest trading innovations

The TRADE

The quasi-dark venues properly took off in 2018 with the introduction of Mifid II and greater restrictions on dark trading. Like SIs, periodic auctions saw a boost in interest following the implementation of Mifid II regulation in 2018 and the restrictions it imposed on dark trading venues.

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