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The Associated Press via Chicago Sun-Times
A global financial body says governments worldwide must establish rules for virtual currencies like bitcoin to stop criminals from using them to launder money or finance terrorism.
The Financial Action Task Force said Friday that from next year it will start assessing whether countries are doing enough to fight criminal use of virtual currencies.
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CFA Society Chicago
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
CFA Society Chicago, 33 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 910, Chicago, IL 60602
The Investment Exchange Forum is a stock-picking meeting held by CFA Society 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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CFA Society Chicago
Thursday, November 08, 2018
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
33 N. LaSalle Street, Vault (Lower Level), Chicago, IL 60602
Program Description:
Looking for an additional edge in your investment process? Want to retain more of your research alpha? By changing the paradigm for the implementation process, learn how you can leverage your alpha profiles to build informed execution strategies, ushering in a new era of smart implementation. This will lead ultimately to better portfolio outcomes. In the presentation, we reveal a few practical tips that show how you can save millions of dollars in execution costs.
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CFA Society Chicago
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
JW Marriott, 151 W. Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60603
Program Description:
The questionable accounting, excessive leverage and deficient creditor protections that inflate the private equity bubble.
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CFA Institute Enterprising Investor
Gregory Peters, managing director at PGIM Fixed Income, describes the bond analyst’s dilemma quite simply.
“The thing about fixed income is avoiding the downside. We get penalized for losses and get very little for getting things right,” he explained at the CFA Institute Fixed-Income Management Conference 2018. “Investing in fixed income is about avoiding the fat tail.”
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U.S. News & World Report
Mark Peterson, the man who heads economic development efforts for the state of Illinois, says the key to his job is building.
As president and CEO of Intersect Illinois, a privately funded development firm he took over in May 2017, he says it's his mission to build both relationships and data networks to help attract business to the state.
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Bloomberg
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel gave city council members a parting gift by proposing a 2019 budget that doesn’t ask them to raise taxes ahead of February’s municipal election. But it leaves a heavy lift for his successor.
The next mayor, who will take over in May, will see Chicago’s required annual contribution to the city’s four pension funds double from about $1 billion in 2018 to $2.1 billion in 2023, city documents show.
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Kiplinger's Personal Finance via Chicago Tribune
With the launch of its new mobile trading platform, JPMorgan Chase became the most recent entrant in the investing world's battle to offer the lowest fees.
The investing service, called You Invest, comes with no investment minimum and gives users 100 commission-free stock and exchange-traded fund trades in the year after opening an account. Investors can earn more free trading if they hold sufficient assets in certain Chase accounts.
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Chicago Sun Times
Mayor Rahm Emanuel will try Wednesday to solidify his legacy as Chicago’s financial savior while throwing a life-preserver to City Council allies who have repeatedly walked the tax plank at his behest.
“Because we were willing to fight for what’s right rather than what was expedient, Chicago is now on firmer financial footing than we were right years ago.
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Chief Investment Officer
The mayor of Chicago, while claiming public policy successes over his past two tenures, during his final budgetary speech Wednesday ignored addressing the future of the second city’s giant pension hole.
Rahm Emanuel’s 2019 fiscal blueprint, dubbed a “feel good” budget in the media, will increase funding for youth investments, public safety reforms, work programs for the previously incarcerated, and other neighborhood services.
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