Archive for January 2021
NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Apollo CEO to step down after firm finds $158M in payments to Jeffrey Epstein
One of the world’s largest private equity firms, Apollo Global Management, found that its chairman and CEO, Leon Black, had paid convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein $158 million, which triggered an attempt to remove him …
Read MoreCI Financial Corp.’s acquisition will double U.S. assets under management to $46B
CI Financial Corp., a Toronto-based asset and wealth management company, has acquired Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC, a Chicago-based registered investment adviser firm and institutional asset manager, Investment News reported. The acquisition, once completed, is expected to …
Read MoreSchool choice, in-person instruction bills advance to Senate floor for debate
Two Republican-led education bills advanced Monday in the Iowa Senate, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported. One bill, Senate Study Bill 1064, would require schools to offer full-time, in-person instruction during the ongoing pandemic, while a second, SSB 1065, would financially support …
Read MoreDes Moines council approves selling city-owned land for $11.1M
The Des Moines City Council this week approved selling 14.1 acres the city owns around East Fourth and East Market streets to a consortium of developers who plan to redevelop the light industrial area.
The …
Des Moines’ clean energy plan: What’s next?
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Don’t Leave Your Last Round to Chance
BY MARCUS IWIG, CFP®, CPA, MAcc Lead Advisor, Foster Group
I grew up playing the game of Yahtzee at my grandparents’ house. While it’s mostly a game of chance, there is a bit of strategy. …
Read MoreRenovation projects in Des Moines’ Highland Park neighborhood could receive $2.2 million in financial aid
A $2.6 million renovation is proposed for the three-story brick building at 3524 Sixth Ave. in Des Moines. Photo provided by Polk County assessor
Proposed projects to redevelop two buildings in Des Moines’ Highland Park neighborhood…Read MoreSammons Financial Group acquires Beacon Capital Management
Sammons Financial Group, based in West Des Moines, announced it is expanding into the growing investment adviser marketplace with the acquisition of Beacon Capital Management, a registered investment advisory firm based in Dayton, Ohio. Financial terms of the …
Read MoreAffiliates Management, credit unions contribute over $400K to Credit Union Foundation
Affiliates Management Co. and its family of companies — including Coopera, the Iowa Credit Union League, PolicyWorks Iowa, PolicyWorks LLC and First Community Trust N.A. — recently donated $169,050 to the Iowa Credit Union Foundation, which is the philanthropic …
Read MoreIowa Methodist Transplant Center completes record 125 kidney transplants in 2020
UnityPoint Health’s Iowa Methodist Transplant Center completed a record 125 life-saving kidney transplants in 2020, the health system announced. The number of transplants conducted last year was the highest since the program’s inception more than 30 …
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