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Bloomberg
Last year, a few influential voices urged the Federal Reserve not to raise interest rates out of concern that it would slow global growth and fuel financial disruptions. Fed officials listened politely, then hiked rates in December and subsequently paused. Given recent developments in the foreign exchange markets, some of these voices may now be wondering if the Fed should resume its rate increases.
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CFA Chicago
Hard skills, soft skills — what are they? Be a part of an interactive discussion around this subject and more. We will dive into topics such as your "social self" vs your "professional self", "outer focus" vs "inner" focus, "how to" vs "want to" and why these key distinctions make all the difference between rising to the top or being stuck in professional purgatory.
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CFA Chicago
As part of this year's "Putting Investors First" initiative, CFA Society Chicago invites you to join us for a panel discussion focusing on regulatory issues and ethical mandates. This event will cover topics including regulatory trends, fraud prevention, ethical practices, determining ethical criteria and the relationship between ethics and investment choices.
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At Illinois Tech's Stuart School of Business, our quant-focused, tech-driven graduate programs are designed to give you the strategically competitive edge needed to advance your career. Join us at our downtown campus for a Graduate Information Session & Reception on April 28 to explore part- and full-time degree programs. More info.
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CFA Chicago
The Investment Exchange Forum is a stock-picking meeting of 10-15 CFA Chicago members. Each meeting features actionable ideas by presenting volunteers and a lively discussion of the topic at hand. The IEF is both an opportunity to learn how others present investment ideas concisely and a chance to practice stock pitches. In order to keep the quality of the stock picks as high as possible, we encourage attendance by members who are actively involved in investment management.
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CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor
Willis Sparks, director of global macro at Eurasia Group, has a perspective that should be familiar to investment professionals: Markets hate uncertainty.
“Uncertainty creates volatility,” he explained during his presentation at the 2016 Middle East Investment Conference. “Markets like good news. Markets dislike bad news, but markets hate uncertainty.”
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Interested in a career in Investment Banking or Private Equity? Adventis CG is offering a two-day Financial Modeling Boot Camp looking to improve their analytical capabilities. Learn how the Boot Camp, which will be held in Chicago April 29-30, delivers the best-of-class skills CFAs need to impress employers.
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Chicago Tribune
Most people don't care whether pensions are underfunded. After all, retirement is far in the future. But if their income taxes are going to go up because state pensions are underfunded — that's another story.
One advantage Illinois has is that the state has a low individual income tax rate. But now some legislators want to raise it from 3.75 percent to a max of 9.75 percent. That would be the fourth highest individual income tax rate after California, Oregon and Minnesota.
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Chicago Tribune
As a customer, what should you ask a financial company before handing over your sensitive data?
Cybersecurity is quickly becoming a vital part of the customer experience, and much of the onus to protect your information is on the companies handling it.
But consumers need to have their heads in the game and ask some basic questions, said James Kaplan, partner and leader of global cybersecurity practices at McKinsey & Co. Answers to those questions can at least tip you off to how knowledgeable employees are about cybersecurity.
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As businesses adopt mobile technology at an unprecedented pace, the need for best-in-class mobile devices, support and services is growing rapidly. Samsung Mobile is committed to supporting businesses' mobile-first initiatives, offering a comprehensive portfolio of enterprise solutions.
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Bloomberg
Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said large investors should be frustrated with fees they’re paying hedge fund managers who fail to match the returns of index funds.
“There’s been far, far, far more money made by people in Wall Street through salesmanship abilities than through investment abilities,” Buffett said Saturday during Berkshire’s annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Curbed Chicago via Nonprofit Quarterly
This week, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Chicago Community Trust joined with the Calvert Foundation to launch “Benefit Chicago.” Their collaboration aims to generate $100 million in new impact investments for nonprofits and social enterprises in the Chicago region.
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Crain's Chicago Business
It's a worry that's hanging over the tech community lately: The tech bubble may not be popping, but it's definitely taken on a slow leak.
“We may be in a more muted environment going forward,” said David Bradley, president of Huizenga Capital Management in Oak Brook, trying to put it delicately during a panel discussion about investments by private family offices at the recent Chicago Venture Summit. “But it feels a bit like a pause in valuations, not a crash.”
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Financial Times
Eighteen months after Rahm Emanuel, a former White House chief of staff, became mayor of Chicago, he addressed a news conference about his priorities.
“[Number] one is retirement security and pension reform so we can give taxpayers and the public employees retirement security, which is something we can’t say today,” the mayor said in November 2012.
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Pensions & Investments
Private equity investors are getting a dose of the new normal as the hottest fund managers again demand general partner-friendly terms and fees that investors have not seen since the pre-crisis go-go fundraising days. Some managers are again charging “premium carry” similar to 2007 vintage funds and are eliminating terms from their current funds that are designed to protect limited partners, such as preferred returns, also called hurdle rates, and clawbacks.
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