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CFA Institute Enterprising Investor
Over 1,000 companies, valued at over $1.3 trillion, have been spun off from their parents over the last decade.
Companies resort to spin-offs for a variety of reasons, and while the most common motivation given is to “unlock shareholder value,” that goal can be accomplished in different ways.
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CFA Society Chicago
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
CFA Society Chicago, 33 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 910, Chicago, IL 60602
Program Description: The Investment Exchange Forum is a stock-picking meeting held by CFA Society 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 Society Chicago
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
4:30 pm - 7:15 pm
The Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL 60604
Join us for our Industry Roundtables for Investment Professionals event where you will learn industry insights from leading professionals in different areas of finance.
Program Description:
This is your opportunity to join an in-depth discussion with leading investment professionals and engage in face-to-face interaction with colleagues in a small group setting. Learn how 10 different sectors in the investment industry operate in a casual yet structured setting during three, 30 minute rounds at pre-selected tables.
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CFA Society Chicago
Thursday, March 15, 2018
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Chicago Club, 81 E. Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL 60605
Program Description:
The Power of Non-Consensus Thinking
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Reuters
The kind of pay raises for which American workers have waited years are now here for a broadening swath of the country, according to a Reuters analysis of state-by-state data that suggests falling unemployment has finally begun boosting wages.
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Bloomberg
Bitcoin declined for a fifth day, breaking below $7,500 and leading other digital tokens lower, as Lloyds Banking Group Plc joined a growing number of big credit-card issuers halting purchases of cryptocurrencies on their cards.
The biggest digital currency sank as much as 16 percent to $7,175 as of 10:28 a.m. in New York, according to composite Bloomberg pricing.
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The Washington Post
When it comes to money, millennials are doing better than many people think. And yet the vast majority are still fretting about their finances, even as the oldest part of the group has begun applying for mortgages.
Let’s start with savings: Millennials (ages 23 to 37) are saving money. Nearly half have saved $15,000, and 1 in 6 has saved $100,000, according to the latest Better Money Habits Millennial Report from Bank of America.
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Chicago Tribune
A group led by Blackstone Group agreed to buy a majority stake in Thomson Reuters Corp.'s financial and risk unit in a deal that values the business at $20 billion, sealing plans for the firm's biggest buyout in a decade.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, GIC Pte, will co-invest alongside Blackstone to acquire 55 percent of the business, according to a statement Tuesday. Thomson Reuters will retain a 45 percent equity stake.
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Reuters
U.S. stocks pared losses to trade little changed in late morning trading on Monday as a rise in bond yields paused and technology stocks gained. U.S. Treasury yields recovered from almost four-year highs reached overnight as investors weighed whether a dramatic week-long selloff had run its course.
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Chicago Tribune
A big, bold plan to save the state’s debt-strapped public pension funds is being floated this week in Springfield. But don’t get your hopes up.
It’s not the cure to Illinois’ festering financial crisis.
An influential state employee advocacy group, the State Universities Annuitants Association, is urging Illinois to issue $107 billion in bonds to pay off shortfalls in the state’s five leading pension funds.
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Chicago Tribune
When we write about the Amazon competition, which we’ve done a lot, we aren’t just analyzing Chicago’s bid to lure the tech giant’s second headquarters. We’re looking at how Illinois overall stacks up, and falls short, as a job creator. Amazon is a proxy and CEO Jeff Bezos is a stand-in for every employer deciding where to invest and grow — and where to avoid.
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Pensions & Investments
The total assets of the largest 1,000 U.S. retirement plans reached a record $10.326 trillion as of Sept. 30, up 10 percent from a year earlier, thanks in part to outstanding market returns, Pensions & Investments' annual survey found.
Assets of defined benefit plans among the P&I 1,000 rose 7.9% to $6.597 trillion while defined contribution plans rose 13.9% to $3.729 trillion.
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Bloomberg
The Federal Reserve just devised a harsh new punishment after Wells Fargo & Co. landed in scandal after scandal — one that may haunt every big bank.
The San Francisco-based lender had its rating cut by three analysts and fell by the most in more than two years on Monday after the Fed banned the bank from growing until it convinces authorities it’s addressing shortcomings.
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