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Upcoming Events
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2/19/2019
4:00 PM
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February Book Club Meeting
Meet local authors, explore and debate timely industry events and get to know like-minded financial literature enthusiasts. The CFA Society Chicago Book Club embraces discussion of a wide range of themes in an informal environment.
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2/20/2019
4:00 PM
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Portfolio Construction
Come join the discussion on how to position portfolios in rising volatile markets from Asset Owners and Asset Managers.
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2/22/2019
11:30 AM
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Distinguished Speaker Series: Howard Marks, CFA
CFA Society Chicago welcomes co-chairman of Oaktree Capital, Howard Marks, CFA, for the February Distinguished Speaker Series luncheon.
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CFA Society Chicago Blog
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Vault Series: Cambridge Associates
Feb 08, 2019
Gender equality in the investment profession has been a hot topic in the industry lately, and it was addressed in detail during a January 10, 2019 Vault Series talk from Dierdre Nectow. Her firm Cambridge Associates, a large institutional investment consultant, is an outlier in the profession with half of its executives being women. Nectow […]
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Distinguished Speaker Series: Joel Greenblatt, Gotham Asset Management
Feb 08, 2019
Joel Greenblatt, the legendary author, Columbia B-school professor and hedge fund manager, presented his thoughts and methodology on investing to CFA Society Chicago and local investment community on Wednesday, December 5, 2018. The title of his presentation compared value investing to the New York Jets, i.e. unpopular and out of favor. Per Greenblatt, where we […]
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Tips and Tricks for Negotiating for Yourself
Jan 22, 2019
“So much of life is a negotiation – so even if you’re not in business, you have opportunities to practice all around you.” – Kevin O’Leary When we think of negotiations, we tend to restrict our thinking to business situations like deals, compensation, office location etc. However, we negotiate in our daily lives starting as […]
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CFA Society Chicago News
CFA Society Chicago Board Member Kunal Kapoor, CFA, to replace Mansueto as Morningstar CEO
Morningstar named Kunal Kapoor as its next CEO, elevating an executive who has made his career at the Chicago investment research company since emigrating from India to attend college in Illinois. As Kapoor, 41, becomes CEO, Morningstar founder Joe Mansueto, 60, will give up that post but add “executive” to his chairman title. Both moves take effect Jan. 1, according to a statement from Morningstar. ( via Crain’s)
Institutional Investor’s 2016 All-America Fixed-Income Research Team includes CFA Society Chicago Board Member Alex Roever, CFA
CFA Society Chicago board member, Alex Roever, CFA, was named to Institutional Investor’s 2016 All-America Fixed-Income Research Team under the Fixed-Income Strategy and Short-Duration Strategy categories. To view the full list of individuals on the team and methodology for selection, please visit Institutional Advisor.