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Bloomberg
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. veteran Gary Hirschberg is the latest executive to leave a high-profile bank and start an independent wealth-management firm.
Hirschberg, 39, is chief executive officer of Chicago-based Aaron Wealth Advisors, which will operate in partnership with Dynasty Financial Partners, according to a statement Monday.
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CFA Society Chicago
The 32nd Annual Dinner will be held on October 25th and is our premier networking event of the year. This year CFA Society Chicago welcomes Richard H. Thaler, the 2017 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, as the keynote speaker. Limited sponsorship opportunities are still available. Please view the 32nd Annual Dinner sponsorship brochure for more information.
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CFA Society Chicago
Thursday, October 04, 2018
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Tortoise Supper Club, 350 N State Street, Chicago, IL 60654
Program Description:
Gain important contacts, build relationships and interact with fellow members at this networking reception. This is your opportunity to meet and network with both new and returning CFA Society Chicago board members!
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CFA Society Chicago
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Chicago Club, 81 E. Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL 60605
Program Description:
Frederick H. Waddell is chairman of the Board of Northern Trust, one of the world's leading asset management, asset servicing, fund administration, fiduciary and banking services firms. Since joining Northern Trust in 1975, Waddell has held leadership positions in commercial banking, strategic planning and Wealth Management.
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CFA Institute Enterprising Investor
Liquid alternatives have been heralded as hedge funds for Main Street as these investment vehicles offer typical hedge fund strategies in mutual fund format with daily liquidity. While they have higher management fees than plain vanilla mutual funds, liquid alternatives charge less than hedge funds and don’t charge performance fees.
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Forbes
The marijuana industry is starting to look like the next big thing. Nearly every major beverage company has either jumped into the cannabis space or they are in talks about bringing their own unique brand of THC or CBD infused drink to market. These types of developments have given pot stocks the appearance of a wounded animal, and all of the wolves and wannabe's of Wall Street are desperate for a piece.
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Economia
Research into the lead engagement partners for audits of the top U.S. companies found men outnumber women almost 9 to 1.
Out of 409 of Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500) surveyed just 15 percent – a total of 75 – of the lead engagement partners were women, according to global investment association the CFA Institute.
This figure dropped to 11 percent for top 100 companies (S&P 100).
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U.S. News & World Report
Volatility in trading bitcoin and other digital coins continues as the cryptocurrency market ramps again, surging past the $6,000 level for the most widely purchased virtual currency.
Bitcoin remains highly correlated with the other digital coins, known aptly as the altcoins.
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Chicago Daily Herald
MB Financial shareholders on Tuesday approved the company's merger with Fifth Third Bancorp.
Four months ago, Fifth Third announced its plan to buy Rosemont's MB Financial for about $4.7 billion, mostly in stock. The deal will create convenience and a larger footprint for customers of both banks, officials said at that time.
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Bloomberg BNA
Private equity investment is burgeoning throughout the U.S., and health care is one of the “in” targets for investors.
More than $10 billion was invested in health-care deals in the first half of 2018, according to industry watchers. An additional $1 trillion of investable capital currently is available for deployment in health care, investment banker Hector M. Torres told Bloomberg Law.
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U.S. News & World Report
The illusion of validity is a cognitive bias in which a person overestimates their ability to predict an outcome, particularly when the data "tell" a coherent story. Unsurprisingly, this is incredibly common in the investment world. There are so many compelling investment stories that seem reasonable – but when you apply common sense, suddenly, it starts to seem a little nonsensical.
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Crain's Chicago Business
As cities use their power of the purse to further social and environmental goals, Chicago has gone one big step further.
Treasurer Kurt Summers has overhauled his office's approach to run every investment decision through a model that assesses companies on 200 separate indicators of whether they are good corporate citizens.
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U.S. News & World Report
Stock screens are a powerful tool in a stock investor's toolbox. They can help you cut through the market noise and figure out the best stocks to buy based on your investment objective and goals.
Screeners are great for "getting quickly to the objective versus subjective parts of decision making," says Doug Roman, managing director of equities at PNC Capital Advisors.
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