CFAA Spotlight – Chinese Finance Association of America

CFAA Spotlight | Obamacare Repeal Results In Tax Cuts For The Rich

March 12, 2017 / Comments Off

Immediately repealing the tax aspects of Obamacare will put an average of $33,000 in the hands of the richest 1% in 2017!

If you look at any of the exchanges’ volume in Asia after August of 2015, you will see a lot of these guys were positioning themselves to take macro global positions, or to participate in exchanges offshore – and you will definitely see an uptick from that.

One of Asia’s top trading firms is shutting down a large chunk of its US business

Since 2000, Chinese interests have invested $9.4 billion in the state, making Illinois the largest recipient of China’s outbound investment after California and New York. What are the big deals, why Chicago?

Warren Buffett’s Shareholder Letter: 5 Lessons for All Investors

Job Board

Senior Associate / VP
Hanover Search Group Ltd

ODD Support Analyst
Albourne

Credit Fund Risk Analyst
Wall Street Options, LLC

VP, Investment Consultant
Calamos Investments

ABS Associate
Morningstar

Researcher – Investment Banking
William Blair & Company, L.L.C

Risk Intern
HFR Asset Management, LLC

Technology Solution Lead
UBS

Technical Operations Specialist: Brokerage Systems (IL)
Interactive Brokers

Wealth Management Development Program Trainee
BMO

Investment Banking Associate
Mesirow Financial

Investment Associate
Hewins Financial | Wipfli Hewins

Trading Operations Specialist
DRW

Upcoming Events

March 14, 2017 The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | President Trump and The EU

March 23, 2017 CFAA Event | Quarterly Networking Happy Hour

March 23, 2017 The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | China’s Global Ambitions: Past, Present and Future

March 25, 2017 Lunar Ball

March 30, 2017 Business Women Who Survived, Thrived and Excelled

April 05, 2017 CFA Society Chicago | Private Equity Industry Update

April 29, 2017 Booth’s Emerging Markets Summit

CFAA Spotlight | What Might a Trade War between America and China Look Like?

February 14, 2017 / Comments Off

What might a trade war between America and China look like? The big fear here is that Mr Trump decides to bypass WTO rules, or ditch them altogether after a decision does not go his way.

America is an Asian power when it wants to be, Beijing will suggest, while China is the power that never leaves.

China cultivates ties with Ivanka, Kushner to find smooth path to Trump

KKR is merging its hedge fund of funds business KKR Prisma with a larger rival, Paamco, in a deal that highlights the difficult hunt for growth in a once-hot area of the hedged fund industry.

“Rick”, the service man responsible for carrying the “nuclear football.”?! Richard DeAgazio live blogged Trump’s Mar-A-Lago golf outing with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Job Board

Manager, Tax & Fund Administration
Thornburg Investment Management

Head of Asia Fund Sales – Hong Kong

Credit Fund Risk Analyst
Wall Street Options, LLC

Buyside Commodity Market Risk Associate
Ashton Lane Group

Associate Analyst I
Moody’s Corporation

Researcher – Investment Banking
William Blair & Company, L.L.C

Sr. Credit & Liquidity Risk Associate
Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Quantitative Trader
Spark Investment Management LLC

Senior Accountant
Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Quantitative Loss Forecasting Model Validation
Ashton Lane Group

Upcoming Events

February 23, 2017

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs | The New Asian Security Landscape

February 25, 2017

ACSE – Chinese New Year Dinner Party

March 01, 2017

CFA Society Chicago | Distinguished Speaker Series: Richard Driehaus

March 02, 2017

CFAA Member Only Event

March 07, 2017

CFA Society Chicago | Investing for the Long-Term

April 29, 2017

Booth’s Emerging Markets Summit

CFAA Spotlight | Dow 20,000 in 2017?

January 9, 2017 / Comments Off

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is on the brink of a major milestone. But what does Dow 20,000 really signify?

88% of investors surveyed consider passive investments best for minimizing management fees, institutional investors may embrace Active Management in 2017

How the top consultants vet Emerging Managers?

Hillary Clinton is running for New York City mayor?

Bitcoin China soars to record high amid capital control concerns, Should Beijing mandate that bitcoin no longer be a means to illegally transfer capital offshore, there is risk of a dramatic, and sharp, drop in its price