Jason Taira
The Quiet Shift Inside Insurance's $9.6 Trillion Balance Sheet
Roughly 60 percent of insurers' portfolios are held in bonds — down from 67 percent in 2015. However, what those bonds are made of has materially changed.
■ Sep 11
Welcome to Poolside!
Edition 1 | Our Community + Global News
■ Sep 4
Oʻahu's Homegrown Roaster Reopens with Two New Locations
Aliʻi Coffee Company opens new locations on Monsarrat Avenue and the Ala Moana Shopping Center
■ Sep 4
Japan's Newest 110kW Power Plant Runs on Salt
Fukuoka just switched on the world's second osmotic power plant: clean electricity pulled from the gap between briny and fresh water — and it cleans up the discharge on its way out.
■ Sep 4
Colleges Courting Students with Direct Letters of Acceptance
Inside "direct admissions" — what's driving it, and how it works.
■ Sep 4
Norway's $2.3T Sovereign Wealth Fund Looks to Add U.S. Mortgage Bonds
Norges Bank Investment Management manages Norway's Government Pension Fund Global — the world's largest sovereign wealth fund
■ Sep 4
Kakaʻako's Latest Affordable-Housing Wave Takes Shape
A cluster of new towers is putting workforce and reserved units at the center of the district's next chapter.
■ Sep 1
Kakaʻako Unlocking Future Power Capacity
A four-phase Hawaiian Electric rebuild delays planned projects.
■ Sep 1