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Chicago Tribune
You’re familiar with the gender pay gap. But have you heard? There’s an angel gap, too.
Angel investing, that is.
Angel investors are individuals that provide startup capital to entrepreneurs, often taking a personal interest the business’ success. But despite women now controlling over 51 percent of the wealth in the United States, the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Venture Research has reported that only 19 percent of angel investors in the U.S. in 2013 were women.
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CFA Chicago
The USA, U.K., European Union, and OECD have all announced plans to investigate and potentially modify the tax strategies used by U.S. Multinationals to shift profits to countries with low tax rates.
2016 will be an important year as more details, potential fines, and new rules will be released. In this session, we will provide a closer look at the tax strategies at-risk to reforms such as transfer pricing, inversions and other loopholes utilized by U.S. Multinationals to minimize their tax payments.
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CFA Chicago
Build a fully integrated financial statement projection model with income statement projections, a self-balancing balance sheet, an automated cash flow statement, and the balancing cash flow sweep/debt schedule. While knowledge of advanced accounting concepts is not required for this course, you should possess knowledge of basic accounting ratios and a basic understanding of how the major financial statements are inter-related.
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Chicago's only business school within a technological university, the Illinois Institute of Technology Stuart School of Business, offers graduate degrees and certificate programs with flexible part-time and evening scheduling options. Learn more about how Stuart’s strategically competitive programs can give you the skills needed for success in the next economy.
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CFA Chicago
Dan Fuss has 57 years of experience in the investment industry and has been with Loomis, Sayles & Company since 1976. He is vice chairman of the firm's Board of Directors and manages the firm's flagship Loomis Sayles Bond Fund, which won the 2009 Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year award in the fixed income category, in addition to the Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond, Investment Grade Fixed Income, Strategic Income, Fixed Income, Institutional High Income, Dividend Income and Global Equity and Income funds.
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CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor
In the United States, the U.S. Federal Reserve has long been tasked with a dual mandate of low unemployment and moderate inflation. To achieve these demands, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) targets an interest rate for Fed funds that is comparable to the price of money. With cheap or expensive money likely to accelerate one outcome at the expense of the other, however gradually, the Fed may cycle between periods of a falling or rising policy rate.
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The Associated Press via ABC News
Ford Motor Co. would invest $900 million in its assembly plant on Chicago's South Side and create about 200 new jobs under a tentative labor agreement between the automaker and United Auto Workers.
The Michigan-based automaker would employ 4,600 workers at the Chicago Assembly Plant to support production of the Explorer, Police Interceptor, Taurus and a new vehicle to be named later, The Munster Times reports.
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USA Today
Once you've come upon a bit of money — whether it be an inheritance, a contract signing bonus or a lump-sum retirement payout — you need to cast a cautious eye on the so-called next big thing for investors.
What's pitched as a hot investment easily could turn into another way to watch your money go up in smoke. It's essential to beware of money traps when tentative labor agreements include four-figure bonuses and sizable buyout offers. Fiat Chrysler workers, for example, already ratified a deal with a $4,000 signing bonus for veteran workers.
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CNBC
Chicago's recent tax hike will help fill a multibillion-dollar hole in its public pension funds, but it won't be enough to close the gap, according to a report by bond rater Moody's.
"Despite significantly increasing its contributions to its pension plans, Chicago's unfunded pension liabilities could grow, at a minimum, for another 10 years," the report said.
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Chicago Tribune
Three of Canada's largest pension plans have agreed to buy Chicago toll road operator Skyway Concession Co. for $2.8 billion from a group led by Spain's Ferrovial SA.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan said they will each own a third of Skyway under the terms of the deal, contributing $512 million each.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago has the Bears, the Bulls and now ... the Cherries.
Chicago investment firm PEAK6 has bought a 25 percent stake in one of the minnows of England’s Premier League, AFC Bournemouth. The soccer team, which has lost it last four league games by a combined 13 to 2 score, averages about 11,000 spectators in its tiny Vitality Stadium on England’s south coast. At the other end of the scale, Manchester United’s Old Trafford seats about 76,000.
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Pensions & Investments
Long-duration bond strategies for the fifth consecutive quarter dominated the list of top-performing domestic fixed-income managers for the year ended Sept. 30, according to Morningstar Inc.'s separate account/collective investment trust database. Long-duration strategies accounted for nine of the overall top 10 strategies for the year ended Sept. 30. The previous quarter, seven of the top 10 strategies were long-duration strategies.
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