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By Ben Cukier | Co-Author: Marshal Cao Why We Feel Now Is the Time for OTC Trading to Embrace the Digital Age Over-The-Counter (OTC) instruments represent a vast and diverse trading universe — OTC derivatives alone have $715 trillion outstanding1 and additionally fixed income trades $1.3 trillion daily2. But across this product universe, liquidity and [...]

Due diligence is a powerful tool both for investors and, if used effectively, for the (prospective) portfolio company. Prominent collapses of tech companies such as FTX, Theranos, Celsius, and BlockFi have prompted observers in many circles, including the Financial Times, to ask “Doesn’t Anyone Do Due Diligence Anymore?”. The thoroughness of diligence has observably declined […]

The impacts of climate change have presented challenges for the insurance industry, but insurtech companies are finding creative solutions. Ben Cukier explores how Centana is thinking about the sector’s rapid expansion.