Emerging Markets Gain From US Tax Cuts

Will the bull market for stocks finally end in 2018?

And that upside looks particularly big in India and East Asia, where newly minted middle-class consumers are helping companies generate big gains for investors.

China tied the US in 2018 in terms of domestic retail sales – according to data compiled by Mizuho

The Crypto Castle is a three-story home in San Francisco where young tech workers eat, sleep, party, and plot the future of money.

Job Board

IMD, PWM, Financial Analyst, Chicago
Goldman Sachs USA

Credit Analyst covering Financial Institutions
Fitch Ratings

Investment Banking Senior Manager/SVP
Deloitte Services LP – Global

Operations Management and Quantitative Analyst
Interactive Brokers

Associate – Invesntment Banking – Leverage Finance
Michael Page International – US

Junior Compliance Associate – Securities/Commodities
Interactive Brokers

Investment Analyst
Citadel

Senior Workday Analyst
Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Portfolio Credit Manager
Synchrony Financial

Product Analyst
Enfusion

Global Markets – HOLT Sector Specialist
Credit Suisse

Upcoming Events

January 17, 2018 Executives’ Club of Chicago | Annual Economic Outlook

January 17, 2018 CFA Society of Chicago Event | Fintech Part 1: Blockchains – Disruptor, Panacea, and Reality

January 18, 2018 Chicago Booth | Global Trade Trends and Economic Forecast: What to Look for in 2018

January 30, 2018 CFA Society of Chicago Event | How to Improve Your Quarterly Investor Letters

February 01, 2018 CFAA Event |2018 CFAA Chinese New Year Reception

2018 may not rival 2017 as one of the most peaceful in market history. Some strategists warn that the regular pullbacks that create volatility could resume.

The MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Index has rallied by more than 30% in 2017 through mid-November. Yet as we head into 2018, emerging markets face heightened geopolitical and currency risk, as well as pockets of overvaluation.

CME Bitcoin Futures Launch – Possible Economic Outcomes

Alibaba will soon begin selling cars using these gigantic vending machines

China-Focused Hedge Funds on Track to be Big Winners in 2017

Job Board

Regional Coaching Consultant – Chicago/Detroit
Fidelity Investments

Senior Salesforce Business Analyst
Nuveen Investments

Investment Banking Senior Manager/SVP
Deloitte Services LP – Global

Operations Management and Quantitative Analyst
Interactive Brokers

Structured Credit Research Analyst
Ashton Lane Group

Client Service Manager
Wellington Management Company, LLP

Data Quality Enablement & Management Lead
UBS

Investment Analyst
Citadel

Portfolio Operations Analyst
Guggenheim Partners

Fixed Income Analytics Specialist
UBS

Upcoming Events

January 08, 2018 Chicago Booth | Interim Exec – Resource and Career Path

January 10, 2018 CFA Society of Chicago Event | January Investment Exchange Forum

January 11, 2018 Chicago Booth | Chicago Booth Club of Chicago and Finance Roundtable New Year’s Kickoff

January 12, 2018 CFA Society of Chicago Event | January Job Seeker’s Forum 10 and Over

January 17, 2018 Executives’ Club of Chicago | Annual Economic Outlook

Speaking on the sidelines of the closely-watched, twice-a-decade Communist Party Congress, People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan spoke of the risks of a “Minsky moment” in the economy

China has welcomed Trump with the most spectacular display of diplomacy in the country’s history

Accelerating Chinese inflation will derail a global rally in commodities and deepen a rout in the nation’s bonds

China electric car startup Nio raises over $1 billion from Tencent, others: sources

The retail event is now nearly four times larger than Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the two biggest shopping days in the US.

Job Board

          Investment Analyst
Citadel

Portfolio Operations Analyst
Guggenheim Partners

Fixed Income Analytics Specialist
UBS

Client Services Trader
TradeStation

Analyst, Private Market Operations
Nuveen Investments

Asset & Wealth Management, J.P. Morgan Securities, Client Associate
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

HOLT Sector Specialist
Credit Suisse

Structured Credit Research Analyst
Ashton Lane Group

Sr Analyst, Investment Ops
Nuveen Investments

Upcoming Events

November 13, 2017 Executives’ Club of Chicago | Unexpected Outcomes: How to Survive a Crisis

November 16, 2017 Chicago Booth | The U.S. Trade Deficit and the Foreign Demand for Dollar Securities

November 17, 2017 CFA Society of Chicago Event | The Evolution of Asset Management: Risk Management

November 18, 2017 Chicago Booth | Finding Balance – Working Women and “Having It All”

December 11, 2017 CFA Society of Chicago Event | CFA Exam Information Session 

January 17, 2018 Executives’ Club of Chicago | Annual Economic Outlook

In order to better understand the opportunities and challenges of China’s capital markets and to identify effective ways to invest in China, Chinese Finance Association of America (CFAA) will be hosting 2017 CFAA China Investment Forum in Chicago on November 11th, 2017.

This will be China’s first commodities futures contract open to foreign companies such as investment funds, trading houses and petroleum companies.

Investors are rushing into the bond markets of India and Indonesia, drawn by rich yields and the rosy growth prospects of countries that a few years ago were considered among the most vulnerable emerging markets.

JD.com shares are a better deal than Alibaba’s

SEC commissioners will now have to vote on the deal, the WSJ said, but timing of the vote remains uncertain.

Job Board

Emerging Markets Credit  Research Analyst (AAM)
Aegon Asset Management

Senior Operations Analyst
Morningstar

Operational Risk Analyst
Goldman Sachs USA

GSAM, Control Oversight Group, Analyst
Goldman Sachs USA

Operations Analyst
ABN AMRO US

Investment Analyst
Citadel

Fixed Income Quantitative Research Analyst
UBS

Financial Data Associate – Global Middle Office
Moody’s

Fixed Income Desk Analyst
William Blair & Company, L.L.C

Upcoming Events

October 19, 2017 Chicago Booth | Automation, Trade, and Globalization: What Do They Mean for Jobs in the Midwest?

October 19, 2017 Chicago Ideas | Is China the New World Superpower?

October 19, 2017 International Women’s Forum | IWF Chicago Annual Dinner 

October 26, 2017 CFA Society of Chicago Event | Informal Monthly Happy Hour

November 11, 2017 CFAA Event | 2017 CFAA China Investment Forum

UBS launches yuan hedge fund amid bullish forecast for China’s A shares

The impact between $10 billion and $20 billion, something they believe insurers can pay out of current earnings, avoiding the need for capital raising.

Walmart is going full steam with [Deep Neural Networks] and will be creating its own NVIDIA GPU Clusters on Walmart Cloud.

The central government’s office overseeing internet financial risks has ordered local authorities to shut down virtual exchanges trading digital currencies with the yuan.

Alibaba, now about the same size as the world’s 21st-largest economy, intends to pursue growth and his ambition of being equal in size to the world’s fifth-largest economy within the next two decades.

Job Board

Product Controller
UBS

GSAM, Control Oversight Group, Analyst
Goldman Sachs USA

Research Associate – Domestic Healthcare Sector
William Blair & Company, L.L.C

Operations Analyst
ABN AMRO US

Investment Analyst
Citadel

Portfolio Operations Analyst
Guggenheim Partners

Fixed Income Analytics Specialist
UBS

Financial Data Associate – Global Middle Office
Moody’s

Fixed Income Desk Analyst
William Blair & Company, L.L.C

Junior Quantitative Analyst
Mesirow Financial

Junior Compliance Associate – Securities/Commodities
Interactive Brokers

Sr. Clearing Solutions Analyst
Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Manager, Derived Data
Chicago Mercantile Exchange

European Equity Analyst
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

Risk and Compliance Analyst
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago

Upcoming Events

September 13, 2017 CTIA Event | Option Fund and Brokerage

September 21, 2017 Chicago Booth Finance Roundtable | Is Greed Good?

September 21, 2017 CTIA Event | Liquid Trend Following of Man AHL Group

September 26, 2017 CFA Society of Chicago Event | Water’s Impact on Investing

September 28, 2017 CFA Society of Chicago Event | Informal Monthly Happy Hour

September 28, 2017 The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | Empowering Women Entrepreneurs Through Inclusive Finance

October 12, 2017 Executives’ Club of Chicago | A New World: Geopolitics and Global Business

The past year saw Chinese companies spend $227 billion on acquiring foreign companies—six times what foreign companies spent acquiring Chinese firms.

Shanghai-based MegaTrust Investments is launching its first offshore fund to help foreign investors buy A-shares guided by local expertise.

China’s reserves continue to decline as capital outflows accelerate, “Outbound Travel Spending” surges

China Hedge Fund says most ‘violent’ phase of deleveraging over

The 10 companies with the best summer internships, according to current interns

Job Board

          Marketing Data Analyst
TransUnion

Operations Analyst
ABN AMRO US

Junior Quantitative Analyst
Mesirow Financial

Financial Data Associate – Global Middle Office
Moody’s

Investment Analyst
Citadel

Quality Assurance Coordinator-Indexes
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Fixed Income Desk Analyst
William Blair & Company, L.L.C

Portfolio Operations Analyst
Guggenheim Partners

Fixed Income Analytics Specialist
UBS

Financial Analyst
Allstate Insurance

Junior Compliance Associate – Securities/Commodities
Interactive Brokers

Upcoming Events

           August 14, 2017 Chicago Booth | Career Essentials: Articulating Your Value

August 24, 2017 CFA Society of Chicago Event | Informal Monthly Happy Hour

September 26, 2017 CFA Society of Chicago Event | Water’s Impact on Investing

October 12, 2017 Executives’ Club of Chicago | A New World: Geopolitics and Global Business

If you’re surveying your portfolio at midyear, here are some key trends to be aware of–forces that have likely affected your portfolio’s performance, for better or worse

China’s Ma is succeeding in his financial supermarket approach, carefully monitoring and adapting Ping An‘s expertise to changing markets, technology, and client needs

Opening fanfare then little action for Hong Kong-Mainland China bond link

Under our baseline scenario, Chinese growth will slow gradually to about 5.5% from about 6.5% currently

Silicon Valley startup Stripe has partnered with digital payment providers Alipay and WeChat Pay to enable merchants using its platform globally to accept payments from hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers.

Job Board

 Marketing Data Analyst
TransUnion

Operations Analyst
ABN AMRO US

Analyst, Credit Analyst covering Latin America Corporates
Fitch Ratings

Associate Analyst
Moody’s

Investment Analyst
Citadel

Quality Assurance Coordinator-Indexes
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Research Analyst – Global Consumer Sector
William Blair & Company, L.L.C

Portfolio Operations Analyst
Guggenheim Partners

Portfolio Analyst
UBS

Upcoming Events

 July 12, 2017 Chicago Booth | THE ART OF SMALL TALK

July 13 2017 CFA Society of Chicago Event | CFA Exam Information Session (Level 1 Only)

July 22, 2017 CFAA Event | CFAA 2017 Summer BBQ

July 27, 2017 CFA Institute | 2017 Annual Financial Analysts Seminar

August 02, 2017 Executives’ Club of Chicago | Insights from a Turnaround Artist

Chinese consumers spent $750 billion online in 2016 — more than the US and the UK combined. But even more interesting is how differently China’s digital marketplace, technology platforms, and online behaviors have evolved compared with those in Western markets.

When a new hedge fund opened in Mountainside, New Jersey, few would have guessed where much of its funding came from: Chinese billionaire Cai Kui.

Huobi and OKCoin, two Chinese exchanges, now collectively account for some 92% of global trading in bitcoin.

U.S. hedge funds increased their holdings in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. more than any other U.S-listed Chinese stock in the first quarter

Shadow banking activity continues to grow

Job Board

 Investment Analyst
Citadel

Quality Assurance Coordinator-Indexes
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Research Analyst – Global Consumer Sector
William Blair & Company, L.L.C

Portfolio Operations Analyst
Guggenheim Partners

Portfolio Analyst
UBS

Senior Analyst, Core Data Licensing Services
Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Quantitative Analyst
National Futures Association

Financial Consultant
Fidelity Investments

Upcoming Events

June 13, 2017 CFA Society of Chicago Event | The Active vs. Passive Debate

June 14, 2017 CFA Society of Chicago Event | Wall Street Training: M&A Deal Structuring & Merger Modeling Basics

June 16, 2017 Chicago Booth | Leadership Development – Competency Or Choice?

June 24 – 25, 2017 Offeright Event | Introduction to data science with R

June 27, 2017 CFAA Event | Quarterly Happy Hour

June 28, 2017 Executives’ Club of Chicago | International Executive of the Year and Annual Awards