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CFA Institute Enterprising Investor
AlphaGo brought artificial intelligence (AI) out of computer labs and into the living room.
From October 2015, when the AlphaGo AI first beat a professional human competitor, to January 2018, several months after it defeated Ke Jie, the top-ranked player in the world, AI’s popularity had tripled as measured by Google Trends.
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CFA Chicago Society
Nov. 14, 2019
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
The Vault
33 N. LaSalle Street (Lower Level)
Many investors believe early stage biotech companies are a gamble. As a result, most managers avoid the industry entirely or employ a diversified basket approach for exposure, hoping that a few big winners can offset losing positions. We believe a better approach exists to capitalize on the exciting opportunity-set in therapeutics over the next decades.
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CFA Society Chicago
Nov. 18, 2019
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Vault
33 N. LaSalle Street (Lower Level)
Looking to work in investment management as a portfolio manager or research analyst? Realistically, jumping directly from education into a decision-making position in asset management is becoming increasingly difficult. As the investment management business consolidates, especially in Chicago, anyone aspiring to enter the field needs to be creative and open about the path they follow to reach that goal as the route is often circuitous.
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CFA Society Chicago
Nov. 20, 2019
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
The Chicago Club
81 E. Van Buren
Related Midwest, the Chicago office of Related Companies, is the city’s preeminent developer of luxury condominium and rental homes, affordable housing communities and mixed-use properties. Known for innovative, market-defining projects, including 500 Lake Shore Drive, OneEleven and Landmark West Loop, Related Midwest is also recognized for its leadership in property management, historic preservation, urban planning, environmental sustainability and community hiring.
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Fin24
Recently, I attended a conference where one of the points of discussion was the disruption within the world of finance through new breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, or AI. One of the panellists said she worries about the influence that Amazon’s (in)famous virtual assistant, Alexa, might have on her children.
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No matter the depth of your accounting background, you can become a versatile business professional with an online master’s in accounting at Gies Business. Earn a certificate or full degree. Through our highly engaging, online, global classrooms, you’ll learn to gather and analyze critical information for informed strategic decisions
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U.S News & World Report
One thing holds true for all millennials: They need a financial plan to start investing.
The millennial generation includes everyone born between 1981 and 1996, according to the Pew Research Center, which has been studying millennials for over a decade. This puts millennials between the ages of 23 and 38 in 2019.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Give Gov. J.B. Pritzker a little credit — not the financial kind, which he doesn’t need and therefore can get in abundance — but the supportive, way-to-go kind. He’s put some attention on the leaden issue of public pension consolidation and done the right things to give it a push in the Illinois General Assembly.
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Barron's
Domestic equity funds had $19.1 billion in net outflows in September, according to a report published Friday by Morningstar. Funds focused on large-cap growth stocks took the biggest hit with $8.5 billion in outflows. They have been bleeding assets, including $58 billion in outflows over the past year.
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U.S. News & World Report
Hedge funds are known for their riskier investments, attracting wealthier investors who are seeking greater returns and willing to take larger bets.
The goal is to deploy strategies that generate returns that are uncorrelated to traditional markets, says Jeffrey Fulk, a managing director at Alvarium Investments, an investment boutique that supervises $17 billion in assets for clients.
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Crain's Chicago Business
Separate investment operations for 649 suburban and downstate police and firefighter pensions never made any sense. Gov. J.B. Pritzker's pension task force was right to recommend consolidating that function.
The risks, however, are substantial. It should not be oversold or allowed to morph into something else.
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Crain's Chicago Business
JPMorgan Chase continues to substantially scale back its brick-and-mortar local presence.
By year-end, Chase will have shuttered a dozen branches in the six-county Chicago area, leaving Chicago’s largest bank with the fewest number of locations it’s had in more than 13 years.
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