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Chicago Business Journal
Over the last few years, crowdfunding websites in the United States like Indiegogo have proven a popular way to solicit charitable donations and to raise funds for artistic projects.
New regulations now enable a company to use crowdfunding to offer and sell securities to the public, allowing small companies to raise up to $1 million annually from investors.
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CFA Society Chicago
This is an interactive program devoted to practical, effective ways your organization can increase its gender diversity and your colleagues can improve their cross-gender communication with clients and their teams. Gender diversity is too often seen as a women's issue, but it has positive benefits for everyone — and can improve your bottom line.
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CFA Society Chicago
Special situations are corporate actions which could reveal an undervalued security and hence an investment opportunity. Some examples of Special Situations are spinoffs, liquidations, tender offers, restructurings, bankruptcy exits etc. In the Special Situations Research Forum we will discuss an investment situation decided 3 weeks in advance. Every participant in the Forum is expected to research the topic before attending the meeting.
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We hold monthly information sessions - online and on campus - to answer questions about graduate degrees at the Stuart School of Business, including our Master of Science in Finance and Chicago’s only part-time business doctoral program, our Ph.D. in Management Science (with concentrations in Finance and Analytics). Register now.
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A modern cloud platform. What if your cloud was truly personalized to your business? What if it seamlessly connected your entire organization from anywhere and from any device? What if you were confident that your cloud data was more secure than ever? It can be with Oracle’s modern cloud.
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CFA Society Chicago
Are you currently considering or interested in exploring the possibility of starting your own investment management, advisory and/or consulting business? The Professional Development Advisory Group has assembled an all-star panel of entrepreneurs and service providers to offer insights to the process and guidance on how to get started. Panelists will discuss the challenges and benefits of starting an RIA, comment on the impacts of the current market and regulatory environments, and share their reasoning for starting their own firm. Attendees will also have an opportunity to ask the panelists questions at the end of the event.
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CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor
Blockchain technology has been hailed as a potential “second generation of the Internet.”
A whole vocabulary has sprung up around it, with an emphasis on key words like distributed ledger, cryptography, and trust.
But what is blockchain, exactly?
It’s basically a database where recorded transactions are copied to a participating network of computers.
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The Fiscal Times via Business Insider
Chicago and New York rank at the bottom of a new analysis of fiscal strength based primarily on data from 2015 financial reports issued by the cities themselves.
The analysis includes 116 U.S. cities with populations greater than 200,000. Chicago’s position at the bottom of the ranking is no surprise to anyone who follows municipal finance.
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Reuters
Investors sold sterling and stocks in Europe and Asia on Monday, seeking shelter in gold and the Japanese yen as uncertainty over Britain's departure from the European Union and the policies of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump curbed appetite for risk.
The dollar .DXY rose, except against the yen, rebounding after suffering its worst week since November, when it was hit by a lack of clarity over what Trump, whose inauguration is on Friday, will do once he assumes office.
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Chicago Tribune
While tens of thousands of families languished on a waiting list for assistance, the Chicago Housing Authority paid off practically all of its debt and overfunded its pension plan, according to a report released by the bipartisan Center for Tax and Budget Accountability.
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Pensions & Investments
Aggregated hedge fund industry assets grew a slight 0.73 percent to $3.04 trillion in 2016 thanks to performance gains of $119.9 billion, estimated research specialist eVestment. For the year, hedge funds saw $106 billion in net outflows, according to eVestment's Hedge Fund Industry Asset Flow Report released Friday. Hedge funds reported $23.7 billion in net outflows in December and $43.2 billion in the fourth quarter.
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Crain's Chicago Business
Right now, it's not hard to find companies in Chicago that are hiring. Whether you're seeking to change jobs or careers, the economic winds are blowing in your favor. In November, the number of metro-area jobs finally surpassed the 2000 peak, and the region has mirrored national trends with falling unemployment and modest job growth.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Illinois will receive $19.5 million from Moody’s Investors Service to resolve a federal investigation into its ratings of mortgage securities leading up to the 2008 financial crisis.
The credit rating firm agreed to pay $864 million to settle with the U.S. Justice Department and 21 states that accused the company of inflating ratings on risky mortgage securities and contributing to the economic collapse, according to a news release from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office.
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Crain's Chicago Business
Think developers of the city's splashiest commercial real estate projects get their financing from New York or Chicago?
Try Little Rock.
The obscure Bank of the Ozarks, based in Arkansas' capital, in the past six months has committed more than $430 million in construction loans for what will be the tallest building south of Willis Tower and a new 35-story structure to house CNA Financial.
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