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# November 29, 2016: Apollo, Athene Ties Questioned, Modelling Epidemic Connections and Gimme Some Yield
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/november-29-2016-apollo-athene-ties-questioned-modelling-epidemic-connections-gimme-yield/
- Published: 2016-11-29T06:58:42.000Z
- Updated: 2016-11-29T06:58:42.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Hacking Epidemics in a Hyper-Connected World](http://engineering.nyu.edu/press-releases/2016/11/28/hacking-epidemics-hyper-connected-world?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [NYU Tandon School of Engineering](http://engineering.nyu.edu/press-releases/2016/11/28/hacking-epidemics-hyper-connected-world?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

A research collaboration is upending the traditional modeling process, yielding predictions that are both simpler to calculate and more attuned to a hyper-connected world.

### [Flood Spending Decisions ‘Perverse’, Green Alliance Says](http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38126030?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38126030?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

England spends nearly four times more on activities that may cause flooding than it invests to combat flooding, the Green Alliance think tank has said.

### [Groundwater Helium Level Could Signal Potential Risk of Earthquake](http://phys.org/news/2016-11-groundwater-helium-potential-earthquake.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Phys.org](http://phys.org/news/2016-11-groundwater-helium-potential-earthquake.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Japanese researchers have revealed a relationship between helium levels in groundwater and the amount of stress exerted on inner rock layers of the earth.

### [Under Trump, Will NASA’s Space Science Include Planet Earth?](http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/under-trump-will-nasas-space-science-include-planet-earth/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [NYT](http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/under-trump-will-nasas-space-science-include-planet-earth/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Media coverage so far has focused on the prospect of the Trump administration killing off NASA’s research on climate change, but the issues are much broader.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [As Apollo’s Cash Cow Plans IPO, Questions Linger on Ties](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-28/as-apollo-s-cash-cow-plans-ipo-questions-linger-on-close-ties?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-28/as-apollo-s-cash-cow-plans-ipo-questions-linger-on-close-ties?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Apollo counts Athene as one of its top holdings and reaps hundreds of millions of dollars in annual fees for helping to manage the insurer’s investments.

### [Hunt for Yield Pushes More Investors Into Riskier Assets](https://www.ft.com/content/9ab40034-a4db-11e6-8898-79a99e2a4de6?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [FT (sub may be required)](https://www.ft.com/content/9ab40034-a4db-11e6-8898-79a99e2a4de6?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Pension funds and insurers have increasingly embraced alternative investments.

### [China Calls for More Cooperation on Insurer Solvency Standards](http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-11/29/content%5F27509474.htm?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [China Daily](http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-11/29/content%5F27509474.htm?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

China is open to sharing experiences and cooperating with Asian countries on solvency regulation.

### [Tower Insurance Plans to Split Canterbury Earthquake Claims Into Separate Company](http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/86981453/Tower-Insurance-plans-to-split-Canterbury-Earthquake-claims-into-separate-company?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Stuff.nz](http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/86981453/Tower-Insurance-plans-to-split-Canterbury-Earthquake-claims-into-separate-company?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

It hopes the move could improving its falling share-price, but said it would serve the interests of both policyholders and shareholders.