Kyobo, Affinity consortium lock horns at ICC arbitration over put option
Posted : 2021-03-16 09:11
By Lee Kyung-min
A five-day hearing in the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration between Kyobo Life Insurance Chairman Shin Chang-jae and the company s financial investors ― represented by a consortium led by Affinity Equity Partners, a Hong Kong-based private equity firm ― was concluded, but it will still be at least six months before a decision is made, according to market sources, Sunday.
The five-day hearing from March 15 through 19 ― the second since the first one held last October ― was part of the arbitration process to determine whether the consortium can exercise a put option at nearly double the price Shin is willing to pay, concluding the outcome of a years-long dispute that dates back to 2012. A put option is a contract giving the owner the right to sell ― or sell short ― a specified amount of an underlying security at a pre-determined price
Results of Operations The consolidated loss for the half year ended 31 December 2020 amounted to $2,317,327 (2019: $1,591,389 loss). Review of Operations F or the reporting period the Company continued to manage the advancement of the Cinovec Lithium/Tin Project in Czech Republic. The macro conditions relative to the Project have been very strong for the period. Global lithium prices steadily increased, with more dramatic increases seen immediately post the period. In addition to the global conditions, support within the European Union (the Company s region of operations) for battery metals project development has increased substantially. Some significant highlights of the project development and EMH level initiatives for the period are as follows.
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Only 458 insurance actuaries in India, need at least 1,200: IRDA Chief
Actuaries play a big role in pricing the products in such a way that it provides protection to public at large and takes care of solvency of the insurance company
Aprajita Sharma March 10, 2021 | Updated 16:09 IST
The number of full-fledged insurance actuaries in India grew by just 19 in 2020 compared to the last year. There are only 458 actuaries compared to 439 in 2019, says IRDA Chief Subhash C. Khuntia as he sheds light on the growing requirement of them not just in the insurance industry but also in banking and other financial fields. At present we only have 458 full-fledged actuaries, 165 associates and 7,500 student members. These figures need to go up considering the number of insurance companies and the size of insurance business, which is 1.7 per cent of the global industry, says Khuntia.
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