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Chicago Tribune
Raise your hand if you think the American economy is delivering on its potential. Anyone? Class? Anyone? We thought so. Growth is anemic, impinging on prosperity for everyone while leaving many people far behind. There is hurt in this country, and concern about its future.
President Donald Trump won the presidency on a promise to goose growth to a faster clip.
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Reuters
BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink on Friday sounded another warning on the U.S. economy after the government reported anemic growth in the first quarter.
"We're actually decelerating," Fink, whose firm is the world's biggest asset manager, said during a talk at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago.
The U.S. economy is growing "slower than France — that's really terrible," said Fink. "There is something going on."
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CFA Society Chicago
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the third time in a decade this March-and may do so again at the next rate-setting meetings. What is the U.S. economic outlook given the potential shifts in economic policy signaled by the new US administration? What role should the Fed play in fostering long-term economic growth? Join the Council on Global Affairs for a discussion on the role of the Federal Reserve and the outlook for the US economy.
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The Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) are an ethical framework for the calculation and presentation of the investment performance history of an investment management firm. This program will discuss the benefits to firms claiming compliance with the standards including marketing and operational best practices. The panelist will discuss practical solutions to common challenges and insight into the future of GIPS.
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CFA Society Chicago
Thinking about or searching for your next great job? Looking to make a career change or wanting to manage your career better? No matter what your job status is, everyone should have a persuasive, audience-focused resume, value/branding statement, LinkedIn page, and know what their strengths are and be able to confidently present them. Above all, it's about having and executing a proactive job search plan.
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CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor
U.S. investors aren’t too fond of European stocks these days and for good reason.
If you diversified across the Atlantic — the equivalent of eating your peas and carrots — you would have received zero over the past decade.
Not only have European stocks stagnated, they have experienced a gut-wrenching 66% drawdown (Vanguard’s FTSE Europe ETF), putting them squarely in the reward-free risk category. To add insult to injury, the opportunity cost would have been enormous, as US stocks doubled over the same period.
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Chicago Tribune
Financial technology startups in Chicago will get a new resource — and maybe a home — through an initiative announced by a nonprofit group Wednesday.
It's a project called Currency, led by the team that runs industry association FinTEx Chicago. Currency's partners will share online resources and offer in-person programming that could help fintech startups better understand the regulatory environment and connect with corporate partners, said Jason Henrichs, co-founder of FinTEx Chicago.
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Bloomberg
Chicago’s debt-ridden schools are running out of options.
The nation’s third-largest school district — whose credit rating has tumbled well into junk — must make a $721 million pension payment by June 30 and officials are scrambling to find the funds. Ending the year early, canceling summer school, and slashing classroom spending are all possible, the Chicago Board of Education said in connection with a lawsuit that’s seeking to wrest more cash from Illinois.
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Chicago Tribune
Origin Ventures, an 18-year-old venture capital firm based in Chicago, has closed an $80 million fund, it announced Thursday.
This is the Series A-stage firm's fourth fund and its largest yet, said co-founder and partner Steve Miller. It is twice the size of Origin's previous fund, which closed in 2013. Origin has already invested in five companies since the fund's initial close in the first quarter of 2016.
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Illinois Policy
The state of Illinois’ financial condition is just one month shy of being designated “junk” by the nation’s credit agencies. The agencies have warned that if Illinois doesn’t resolve its budget issues by May 31 – the end of the state legislative session – it may be punished with more downgrades. It’s quite possible the agencies could downgrade Illinois bonds to junk status.
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Pensions & Investments
When Pensions & Investments' reporters spoke with insiders late last year about the impact the then-incoming Trump administration would have on the money management industry, and sectors in which institutional investors put their money, many had theories. But most believed it was too early to tell. With the administration hitting its first 100 days, P&I went back to our sources to gauge their opinions about President Donald Trump's policies.
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Crain's Chicago Business
Regulators' alarm at a rapid-fire, unorthodox loan-growth campaign at Inland Bank & Trust killed its most recent stab at a bank buyout, the lender now confirms.
Oak Brook-based Inland, the $1 billion-asset bank owned by ultra-wealthy real estate mogul Dan Goodwin, wanted to bulk up fast in 2013 in order to go public so that Goodwin and other investors could cash out at least some of their shares.
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The Fiscal Times
What do the City of Chicago and Jefferson County, Alabama, have in common with Riverside, California, and a school district north of San Diego? These local governments have lost millions of dollars by using creative municipal finance. And if citizens around the country aren’t vigilant and outspoken, their city, county or school district may become the next victim of an unnecessarily complex bond deal.
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