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Forbes
Each year in Illinois, increasing pension obligations are consuming more of its taxpayers’ dollars, pushing cities and towns to cut core services and raise property taxes just to keep up with the payments, policy experts say.
It’s led a Republican lawmaker to float the idea of allowing municipalities and other agencies to declare bankruptcy.
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CFA Chicago
Hard skills, soft skills — what are they? Be a part of an interactive discussion around this subject and more. We will dive into topics such as your "social self" vs your "professional self", "outer focus" vs "inner" focus, "how to" vs "want to" and why these key distinctions make all the difference between rising to the top or being stuck in professional purgatory.
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CFA Chicago
The Investment Exchange Forum is a stock-picking meeting of 10-15 CFA 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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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
As part of this year's "Putting Investors First" initiative, CFA Society Chicago invites you to join us for a panel discussion focusing on regulatory issues and ethical mandates. This event will cover topics including regulatory trends, fraud prevention, ethical practices, determining ethical criteria and the relationship between ethics and investment choices.
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CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor
Smart-beta flows have been growing and are drawing industry attention. At one extreme, practitioners profess that smart-beta strategies could disrupt the investment management industry. On the other extreme, early adopters have cautioned against chasing performance and highlight how some of these strategies can “go horribly wrong.” How has smart beta evolved, and are these claims realistic?
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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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Chicago Tribune
Elliot Raphaelson writes: I have often written that even conservative investors can't afford to restrict their investments to low-paying alternatives such as certificates of deposit, money-market accounts and Treasury bills.
Even in retirement, I believe a diversified portfolio that includes a significant investment in some form of common stocks and bonds is best.
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Bloomberg
Bankers trying to determine if their paychecks would be subject to a new set of U.S. rules may find that the issue is more about how they’re paid — rather than how much.
Bigger salaries and smaller bonuses are in store for some senior officials, dealmakers and traders at the largest U.S. banks if the proposals intended to curb excessive risk-taking take effect, executive recruiters say.
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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 via Chicago Tribune
The deeper the slump, economists used to say, the stronger the recovery. They don't say that anymore. The effects of the crash of 2008 still reverberate, with the latest forecasts for global growth even more dismal than the last.
The persistently stagnant world economy is more than just a rebuke to economic theory, of course; it exacts a human toll. And while politicians and central bankers — or economists, for that matter — can't be faulted for their creativity, their remedies might have more impact if they were bolder and better-coordinated.
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Reuters
Gannett Co. Inc., publisher of USA Today, said it offered to buy Tribune Publishing Co. in a deal valued at about $815 million, including debt, but the owner of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune refused to begin "constructive" talks.
"We therefore are prepared to consider all alternatives to complete this transaction," Gannett Chief Executive Robert Dickey said in a letter to Tribune Publishing's board.
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Forbes
New numbers show that the 7,499 "highly compensated," six-figure school administrator/teacher retirees cost Illinois taxpayers nearly $1 billion per year. But in just six years, the problem of six-figure pensions will be three-times worse.
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WMAQ-TV
Mayor Rahm Emanuel defended his expensive new plan to build George Lucas’ Museum of Narrative Art along the city’s lakefront.
In order to fund the project, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, a municipal corporation created by the Illinois General Assembly, would execute $1.165 billion in bond financing for the museum and other new buildings on the site, City Hall sources confirmed.
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Chicago Tribune
U.S. stocks are skidding Monday morning as global stocks also took losses. Energy companies are falling the farthest although the price of oil is little changed. Companies including Xerox and drugmaker Perrigo are down after reporting disappointing earnings.
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Chicago Tribune
April is Financial Literacy Month, a perfect time to talk to kids about money. According to research from Cambridge University, money habits start to form by age 7. That means that both your good and bad habits can be passed to the next generation.
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Crain's Chicago Business
Madison Dearborn Partners, one of Chicago's biggest private equity firms, is positioning for a buyer's market after selling about half its portfolio in recent years as valuations rose. “We believe our strategy of selling aggressively over the last several years in combination with leaning heavily on our competitive sourcing advantages to stay away from the competitive mainstream has paid off,” Madison Dearborn said in its annual letter to investor clients last month.
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