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Enterprising Investor
Innovation prevails during times of adversity. Organizations can treat the current coronavirus crisis as an existential threat or as an opportunity to help effectively navigate rough terrain now and in the future.
Responsible innovation might just be a transformative solution.
The traditional, shareholder-value centered asset management business model is under financial and social pressure. A more balanced approach that considers all stakeholders — clients, employees, communities, the environment, and, yes, shareholders — is possible.
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CFA Society Chicago
June 8, 2020
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Online
On June 8th Catherine D. Wood, founder, CEO and CIO of ARK Invest, joins us for an interactive discussion designed to enlighten investors about the impact of rapidly changing market dynamics, breakthrough innovations and the opportunities they can create. In response to fast-moving news and market volatility, ARK Invest believes trusted communication is more important than ever. This event will provide you with an open, transparent and collaborative exchange of insights on the current environment, market volatility, and the role innovation plays during market extremes.
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CFA Society Chicago
June 10, 2020
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Online
Despite zero to negative interest rates in many global bond markets and extraordinary fiscal and monetary policy responses from the Fed and other Central Banks to COVID-19, corporate credit risk continues to rise. Investment grade bond investors must contend with the downgrade risk of BBBs hanging over markets that is likely to be exacerbated by a deep global recession. Anne Walsh, CFA, will analyze current market dynamics in corporate credit and other fixed income sectors, explore the effects and unintended consequences of recent policy responses and discuss fixed income strategies to navigate risks and potential investment opportunities ahead.
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No matter the depth of your accounting background, you can become a versatile business professional with an online master’s in accounting at Gies Business. Earn a certificate or full degree. Through our highly engaging, online, global classrooms, you’ll learn to gather and analyze critical information for informed strategic decisions
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CFA Society Chicago
June 12, 2020
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Online
Looking for a new job? Want to gather insight on various job search strategies, techniques and skills necessary to land the job you are looking for? The forum will be designed to encourage open dialogue amongst attendees and will have a member of the Professional Development Advisory Group who serves as a host. The cost to attend is free to all CFA Society Chicago Members and will be limited to 20 people per meeting (must sign up for each meeting separately).
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Chicago Business Journal
Chicago tech and startup companies raised at least $68 million in venture capital throughout the month of May, according to data compiled by Chicago Inno.
May’s fundings were led by Higi, which landed $30 million, and Tock, which raised $10 million. Local venture capital activity was similar to the month of April, when Chicago tech companies raised about $62 million.
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Pensions & Investments
With the likely advent of a much larger remote workforce in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, preservation of the unique investment culture of their firms is top of mind for money management executives.
"One of the biggest impacts of the COVID-19 on asset managers likely will be on investment management culture," said Kevin P. Quirk, a Darien, Conn.-based principal of Casey Quirk, a practice of Deloitte Consulting LLC.
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Forbes
What do the protests engulfing the country have to do with public pensions? More than you’d think.
Here’s some reporting coming out of Detroit, via the Detroit Free Press.
“Following a script seemingly set the day before, protests in downtown Detroit and in many cities nationwide began Saturday afternoon with crowds of peaceful marchers voicing chants about racial justice.
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Chicago Tribune
This week was supposed to mark a milestone for a city looking forward to reopening after nearly three months of being sidelined by COVID-19.
Chicago’s economic engine was expected to restart, with outdoor dining permitted at restaurants, hair salons reopening, and nonessential stores welcoming in customers Wednesday for the first time since mid-March.
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Forbes
Keeping track of your investment accounts is no small task. Between your employer’s 401(k) plan, one or more individual retirement accounts (IRAs), a health savings account (HSA) and taxable investment accounts, you could end up managing more than a few investment portfolios. My wife and I have more than a dozen.
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Institutional Investor
Family offices stepped up borrowing against their private equity investments in the first quarter, moves made to increase their cash in the coronavirus crisis, according to UBS Group.
Demand for financing that uses private equity funds and co-investments as collateral rose as family offices sought to defend their portfolios in the market turmoil, Chris Baxter, the U.S. head of fund financing and investment at UBS, said in a phone interview.
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Forbes
Passive investing is an increasingly crowded trade as investors blindly pour money into ETFs that hold many of the same stocks. Passive strategies grew in popularity on the premise that active managers very rarely outperform indices and, therefore, investing in mutual funds cost more than it was worth.
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Financial Times
The weak financial condition of seven U.S. public pension plans threatens to deplete their assets by 2028, leading to severe risks for the living standards of thousands of American employees and retired workers.
Many US public pension plans had not fully recovered from the 2007/08 financial crisis before coronavirus struck, triggering turmoil across financial markets.
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CNBC
It was 2016 when General Electric announced it was moving its global headquarters to a smaller space along the central Boston waterfront, away from the quiet suburbs of Fairfield, Connecticut.
Then McDonald’s in 2018 opened its glitzy, new worldwide headquarters in Chicago’s vibrant Loop neighborhood, moving out of a suburban office park in Oak Brook, Illinois – joining Kraft Heinz, Walgreens and other Fortune 500 businesses in a seismic shift of corporate office space to downtown.
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