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NOTEBOOK: Covering miscarriage in bereavement policies

A benefit that no one likes to ask about: bereavement. Yet recently, policy at one Iowa organization inspired another business to open bereavement leave to employees after a miscarriage. Alison Cate, digital marketing manager at …

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Business Record 1-31-20

CFO of the Year: Tammi Guldenpfennig 

Focus: 

BANKING, FINANCE & INVESTMENTS

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the Jan. 31 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the Jan. 31 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories at businessrecord.com/insider and …

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Principal affiliate seeks to further expand its CLO portfolio

Principal Financial Group has been actively building its portfolio of collateralized loan obligations over the past two years through the efforts of one of its boutique investment firms, Post Advisory Group.

 In September 2017, the …

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NOTEBOOK: Genius biographer Walter Isaacson applauds D.M.’s Feng Zhang

Walter Isaacson’s keynote address to the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s annual dinner on Jan. 15 included an unexpected mention of local genius Feng Zhang. 


Isaacson has written acclaimed biographies of Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo DaVinci, Albert …

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Business Record 1-24-20

Economic Forecast 2020

Focus: Economic Forecast

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the Jan. 24 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the Jan. 24 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories at businessrecord.com/insider and …

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Iowa insurers among institutions bulking up on structured debt

A type of investment that performed remarkably well during the Great Recession has become quite popular with institutional investors hunting for yield in a low-rate environment — so much so that it’s sparking increased scrutiny …

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How is the local economy doing? Business Record readers answer.

We asked our readers to give us their thoughts on Iowa’s economy in year ahead – do they think it will improve, regress or stay at the same level? The 2020 results of the survey, …

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Economic Forecast 2020

While the stock market continues to skyrocket, many questions about the economic outlook for Iowa remain. How will trade deals affect the state? Will an election year add an element of uncertainty for investors? What …