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Forbes
It’s not easy for cryptocurrency speculators right now. Right now, it seems like everyone in a position of power is turning against them.
In March, officials at the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. House Financial Services Committee clamored for regulation.
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CFA Society Chicago
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The University Club, 76 E. Monroe, Chicago, IL 60605
Jane Buchan is currently the chief executive officer at PAAMCO. As CEO, she is responsible for overall business strategy and firm direction. She began her career at J.P. Morgan Investment Management in the Capital Markets Group. Buchan has also been an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Buchan is currently serving as director and chairwoman of the Board for the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA). She serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Torchmark Corporation (TMK).
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CFA Society Chicago
Monday, April 23, 2018
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The University Club, 76 E. Monroe, Chicago, IL 60603
Program Description:
This is the final event of a three part series on the topic of starting your own RIA. This event will focus on the infrastructure and regulatory requirements to start a firm. The presenters will all have their own unique perspective on what they see with their clients that are just starting their own RIA or in the beginning stages.
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CFA Society Chicago
Wednesday, May 02, 2018
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
33 N. LaSalle Street, Lower Level (Vault), Chicago, IL 60602
Program Description:
This event is the launch of our brand new series Taking it to the Next Level: Empowering Tools for Women in Finance. The series is designed to provide events that optimize career development and advancement for women in the financial services area. This first event in the series provides invaluable lessons on managing and shifting the course of your career.
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CFA Institute Enterprising Investor
Data science professionals are in high demand in 2018, especially in finance. And based on my research, this constitutes a superb opportunity for women and the finance sector.
How big is the demand for data scientists?
Demand for data scientists and advanced analysts is projected to grow 28 percent by 2020. Of that demand, 59 percent is expected to be in finance and insurance, professional services and IT.
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Pensions & Investments
The Center for Financial Services Innovation, Chicago, is compiling data for a U.S. Financial Health Pulse, a project using previous research to create "a holistic assessment" of Americans' financial health.
The organization, which expects to issue its results late this year, will incorporate information on income, spending, savings, debt, retirement and credit scores, a news release said.
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The Real Deal
The wave of Chinese money pouring into markets like Los Angeles and New York City was going to have one bright, shiny, 98-story beachhead on East Wacker Drive.
But in January, Dalian Wanda Group, one of China’s biggest developers, put its 60 percent stake in the $900 million Vista Tower condo and hotel project up for sale.
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Reuters
The funding deficit for U.S. state public pension systems rose to a record-high $1.4 trillion in fiscal 2016, a nearly $300 billion increase from fiscal 2015, according to a Pew Charitable Trusts report released on Thursday.
The public worker retirement funds reported only $2.6 trillion in assets to cover total pension liabilities of $4 trillion, with the report pegging the shortfall on investment returns falling short of assumptions and inadequate state contributions to pension systems.
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CNBC
Media giant Tronc is jumping Monday on a report by Axios that Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank has considered a buyout bid.
The stock was briefly halted just before 11 a.m. ET after spiking roughly 9 percent. Shares resumed trading roughly 12 percent up.
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CNBC
Americans' favorite investment has its work cut out for it this year.
Investors poured $389 billion into taxable bond funds last year. That's 63 percent more than their second-favorite fund category — international equity — and compares to a net inflow of just $12 billion to U.S. equity funds, according to Morningstar Direct data.
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Bloomberg
LaSalle Investment Management Inc. is seeking $1 billion for the latest iteration of its flagship U.S. real estate fund, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The fund, the eighth of a series driven by a so-called value-add real estate investing strategy, will be known as LaSalle Income & Growth Fund VIII. It’ll target returns of 10 percent to 15 percent after fees, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the fundraising is private.
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Bloomberg
Someone is about to catch a bullet in the silver market.
Commodity funds are betting that the metal is headed for a fall. The net short position that money managers have in Chicago silver futures touched a record 39,604 contracts earlier this month, coming back slightly to 36,417 in the most recent report out Friday. That's equivalent to about 182 million troy ounces, or 5,663 metric tons.
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