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Bloomberg via Chicago Tribune
Chicago's biggest bondholders aren't losing faith.
Nuveen Asset Management, Wells Fargo Asset Management, Columbia Threadneedle Investment Advisers and BlackRock are showing optimism that the nation's third-largest city will work its way out of a pension crisis, even after the Illinois Supreme Court rejected Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to ease $20 billion of unfunded retirement obligations.
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CFA Chicago
Managing your career and searching for a new position brings many challenges to light. At this event you will gain valuable insight and recommendations from executive recruiters and HR professionals on how you can prepare for your career search, navigate successfully through negotiating and discussing compensation, and best practices for networking.
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CFA 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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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
This course focuses on the mergers and acquisitions process, the basics of deal structures, and covers the main tools and analyses that M&A investment bankers and acquirers utilize. Learn about common structural issues, crucial merger consequence analysis and structures and methodologies.
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The Wall Street Journal
Mortgage investor Annaly Capital Management Inc. said it would buy Hatteras Financial Corp. for about $1.5 billion in a cash and stock deal in a move to expand its adjustable-rate holdings.
Both companies, which are structured as real-estate investment trusts, have about 88.6 percent of their assets in mortgage-backed securities. Annaly's portfolio is primarily fixed-rate securities, while three-quarters of Hatteras Financial's interest-earning portfolio was in adjustable-rate holdings.
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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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Crain's Chicago Business
A deep split has developed between U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and Democratic nominee Tammy Duckworth on an arcane but very meaningful issue to anyone with a retirement account: what conflict-of-interest standard to apply to financial advisers.
Under a final new "fiduciary rule" issued recently by the U.S. Department of Labor, financial advisers, brokers and other investment pros will be legally required to put the best interest of their clients first.
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Chicago Tribune
Norrthwestern University is launching two new funds to support budding entrepreneurs, stocked with a total of $14 million.
The $10 million N.XT Fund is for early-stage innovations based on technologies patented by the university. Students and faculty can apply.
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Samsung for Business
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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
BM&FBovespa SA sold its entire stake in CME Group Inc. to fund its attempt to acquire Cetip SA, Brazil's largest clearinghouse.
BM&FBovespa, which runs Brazil's stock and futures markets, sold 13.6 million CME shares on April 7, according to a regulatory filing. The CME shares were worth roughly $1.2 billion. BM&FBovespa didn't say how much money it raised by selling them. Cetip's market capitalization is about $3.1 billion. The shares amounted to a 4 percent stake in Chicago-based CME, the world's biggest exchange operator.
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Chicago Tribune
Illinois is betting on the state's startups as vehicles to drive job growth and make money, even as it faces a months-long budget impasse.
But Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs is pretty sure it's a good idea — after all, the last time the state poured millions of dollars into tech investments, it paid off.
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Bloomberg via Pensions & Investments
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said the U.K.'s "Brexit" vote and the U.S. presidential elections are fueling uncertainty, complicating decisions for policy makers as well as businesses and investors. Speaking in a Bloomberg Television interview recently in Hong Kong, Evans cited the U.K. referendum on leaving the European Union and the the surge of refugees entering Europe. He added there's also a "large uncertainty" about the U.S. presidential election in November.
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Chicago Tribune
Groupon has received a $250 million investment from Comcast-backed Atairos Management.
Atairos is a $4 billion independent fund launched this year by Comcast and headed by former Comcast Chief Financial Officer Michael Angelakis, who will join Chicago-based Groupon's board of directors.
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