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My weekly roundup of financial and media news

10/2/2016

What We've Been Reading - Week of Sept. 25
Markets & Economy:

Sheila Bair’s new nightmare, student debt (Bloomberg)
What the Deutsche Bank situation means for global markets (CNBC)
Deutsche Bank: from bombs and bravado to risk of a bailout (BBC)
Five things you should know about Deutsche Bank’s problems (Fortune)
Howard Marks says institutional returns at 5.5% “a big problem” (Bloomberg)

Asset Management:

Wells Fargo scandal could lead to more regulation (Wealth Management)
ETFs have trouble penetrating TDF market (InvestmentNews)
Why Harvard keeps underperforming Yale (Bloomberg)
NJ pension fund lost money on investments last year (NJ.com)
High Finance and Family-Friendly? KKR Is Trying (WSJ)

Long Reads:

How men and women see the workplace differently (WSJ)

Weekly roundup of important stories you may have missed last week

9/25/2016

What We've Been Reading - Week of Sept. 18
Markets & Economy:

Reckoning coming for U.S. pensions as investment returns lag (Bloomberg)
Who hates free trade? Surprisingly, not voters (NYT)

Asset Management:

A sour surprise for public pensions: two sets of books (NYT)
Betterment rebrands platform for advisors (Financial Planning)
John Bogle on how the DOL fiduciary rule is just the first step (InvestmentNews)

Long Reads:

Inside Wall Street’s great feud Ackman v. Icahn (Fortune)
Man v. Rat: Could the Long War Soon Be Over (The Guardian)
Andrew Sullivan on his search for peace away from his smartphone (NYMag)
The secret powerhouse processing millions in global fraud (CNN)
How Hampton Creek sold Silicon Valley on a fake-mayo miracle (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Alternatives:

Asenqua Ventures - the VC firm that wasn’t there (Fortune)
How firms balance SEC and LP demands (PrivCap)
Hedge fund redemptions ease in August (HFMWeek)
Private debt performance spurs further investor inflows (FinAlts)
Hedge fund fees need to fall further investors say (Bloomberg)

Media Industry and Journalism:

Univision names News Corp’s Narisetti as CEO of rebranded Gawker Media Group (WSJ)
How government agencies control media embargoes (Scientific American)

My weekly news roundup of important financial and media news stories

9/18/2016

What We've Been Reading - Week of Sept. 11
Markets & Economy:

Hostage to a bull market - Op-ed by Jim Grant (WSJ)
Divided Fed inclined to stand pat (WSJ)
The Economic Expansion Is Helping the Middle Class, Finally (WSJ)

Asset Management:

Rock-Bottom Yields Dig Hole for Pensions (Bloomberg)
At Blackrock, a Wall Street Rock Star’s $5 trillion comeback (NYT)
S&P Dow Jones Indexes out with its mid-year scorecard of active managers (Dowjones)
Investors stick with assets that mimic hedge funds (ie. liquid alts) (NYT)
Funds Load Up on Risk as Crisis-Era Securities Make a Comeback (Bloomberg)

Long Reads:

The Wall Street guru who only talks to a hedge fund elite (Bloomberg)

Alternatives:

Hedge funds offer fee cuts and clawbacks (FT)
Some of the biggest hedge funds are bleeding cash (Bloomberg)
One third of hedge funds use hurdle rates in fee formula (Pensions & Investments)
Hedge funds across the globe cut fees in search for investors (Reuters)

Media Industry and Journalism:

How the LA Times broke the Wells Fargo story (Columbia Journalism Review)
Why business stories are often about people (Talking Biz News)

Important financial and media stories you may have missed

9/5/2016

What We've Been Reading - Week of August 28

Markets & Economy:

Firms say goodbye to flattering financial results (WSJ)
Beneath Yuan’s quiet, China worries rise (WSJ)
Silly central bank metaphors - Bazooka! (WSJ)
Brazilian GDP contracts 0.6% in Q2 (Fast FT)
Dow Chemical shares show evidence of manipulation (WSJ)
South Africa’s biggest debt manager halts loans to state firms (Bloomberg)
For U.S. businesses, Brexit leads to uncertainty and worry (NPR)
Has Delaware’s Chancery court grown too powerful? (Bloomberg)
Bridgewater says China is preparing for a bust (Business Insider)
Who are the owners behind China’s Anbang? (NYT)

Asset Management:

Credit Suisse’s legal battle with 5 tech bankers (Business Insider)
How the Vanguard effect adds up to $1 trillion (Bloomberg)

Long Reads:

The New Cheating Economy (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Women in Financial Services (Oliver Wyman)

Alternatives:

Big Data is Leading to a Silent Financial Crisis (Time)
Carlyle weighs withdrawal from hedge funds (FT)
Activists circle U.S. lenders (FT)
Virtually no institutional investors are happy with activist funds right now (Bloomberg)
Bridgewater fights back against negative press with new videos on its website (Bridgewater)
Private Equity firms may have a fee problem with co-investment deals (Fortune)

Media Industry and Journalism:

Print books are far from dead (Pew Research Center)
Melania Trump sues Daily Mail and blogger for $150M (BBC)

Financial and media news stories you may have missed last week

8/28/2016

What We've Been Reading - Week of August 21

Markets & Economy:

China to launch credit default swap market (Financial Times)
Experts comment on whether reintroducing Glass-Steagall would make banking system safer (The Atlantic)
The sharp costs of Brexit will be felt soon enough (Financial Times)
Is passive investing bad for society? (Bloomberg)
Years of Fed Missteps Fueled Disillusion With the Economy and Washington (WSJ)

Asset Management:

Pensions: Low yield and high stress (Financial Times)

Long Reads:

Deutsche Bank’s $10 billion scandal (New Yorker)

Alternatives:

Summer reading list of private equity industry insiders (PEI)
Folger Hill hedge fund falters after pedigreed start (Reuters)
Under pressure, Beechwood Re works to minimize Platinum ties (Reuters)
Using hedge fund money, this startup bets big in Treasuries (Bloomberg)
Apollo pays $52 million for misleading investors (NYT)
Hedge fund trader who beat the feds (Fortune)
Preqin: 1H/16 hedge fund outflows $34B, assets dip to $3.11 trillion (FinAlternatives)

Media Industry and Journalism:

Lawyer for Melania Trump threatens defamation suits against news outlets (NYT)
The impact of Gawker on modern media (NYT)
An editor for The Economist writes about stories with bylines in the age of social media (Medium)
Publishers worry about viability of branded content on Facebook (WSJ)

19 Financial and Media Industry Stories You May Have Missed Last Week

8/21/2016

What We've Been Reading - Week of August 14

Markets & Economy:

Gross Says Without Consumer Spending U.S. Is in Recession (Bloomberg TV)
The Rise of the Buyside (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Fed's Dudley: September rate increase is possible (Fox Business Network)
Venezuela’s risk to oil markets (Columbia University)
Citigroup’s last prop trader walks out the door (WSJ)
A split euro is the solution for Europe’s single currency (Financial Times)

Asset Management:

Zen and the art of 401(k) maintenance (NYT)
Barclays shrinks, but says its core business is stronger (NYT)

25 financial and media stories you may have missed last week

8/14/2016

What We've Been Reading - Week of August 7

Markets & Economy:

American Paradox: It’s Never Been Cheaper for Cities and States to Borrow Money...And They Refuse to Do It (WSJ)
Ben Bernanke on the Fed’s shifting view on the economy (Brookings)
NYT on Jefferies (NYT)
IEA: World Oil Glut Has Disappeared (WSJ)
Top executives continue to depart Alphabet (Quartz)

Asset Management:

Has Wall St. been tamed? (NYT Magazine)
New rules and fresh headaches for short-term borrowers (WSJ)
How are hedge funds doing? Bloomberg’s Matt Levine discusses the Barclays report (Bloomberg)
Hedge fund underperformance comes from low-dispersion and high-correlation (Business Insider)
Money market funds scramble ahead of SEC’s floating NAV rule (InvestmentNews)
When Should You Publicize AUA Over AUM? (Financial Advisor IQ)
Real estate overthrows large-cap equities as top-performing strategy (Pensions & Investments)
The Titanic Risks of the Retirement System (Bloomberg)

Long Reads:

The seven year short: Hedge fund betting against Yuan devaluation refuses to quit (Bloomberg)

25 financial and media stories you may have missed last week

8/7/2016

Financial and Media News Roundup for the week of July 31

Markets & Economy:

Jeff Gundlach says “sell everything” (Reuters via CNBC)
QE forever cycle will have an unhappy ending (FT)
Hedge funds bet that Treasury rally has further to go (Bloomberg)
A top performing hedge fund has sounded the alarm (Business Insider)
Why is the stock market so high? Ask the bond market (NYT)
Why Voters Don’t Buy It When Economists Say Global Trade Is Good (NYT, The Upshot)
Are US Regulators Creating Another Japan? (WSJ)
“The Infiltrator” on the current state of bank compliance (WSJ)
Investors rush to Turkey despite a coup, terrorists, and inflation (NYT)
America’s aluminum industry pushes back against Chinese competition (Bloomberg)
Companies routinely steer analysts to deliver earnings surprises (WSJ)

Financial and media news roundup for the week of July 24, 2016

7/31/2016

Markets & Economy:

The U.S. reaches record high glut of gasoline (CNN Money)
The economy is once again under the sway of asset prices (WSJ)
Fed suggests growing chance on rate rise (NYT)
Investors wary of Saudi Aramco IPO (WSJ)

Asset Management:

MSCI finds that top paid CEOs don’t achieve the best firm performance (WSJ)
Is active management dead? Not even close (CFA Institute)
Active ETFs produce few stars and fewer fans (InvestmentNews)

Long Reads:

Glencore digs out of the abyss (Fortune)

Financial and Media News Roundup for the Week of June 27, 2016

7/3/2016

Markets & Economy:

Ten different Brexit outcomes (Reuters)
In Battle to Name McKinsey Clients, Discretion Carries Day (Bloomberg)

Asset Management:

Investors continue to pour billions into passive funds and ETFs (CNBC.com)
Fidelity cuts fees on index funds to better compete with Vanguard (WSJ)

Long Reads:

New York Times multi-part series on broadening private equity ownership in the U.S. (Part 1. Part 2)
How American politics went insane (Atlantic Monthly)

Alternatives:

Blackstone holds interim close of long-dated fund (PEI)
Shorting Pound Helped One Hedge Fund Make 10.5% on Brexit (Bloomberg)
Teachers’ union and hedge funds wage war over pension billions (WSJ)
Hedge Fund AUM regains $3 trillion mark, Brexit impact remains (FinAlts)
Market neutral hedge funds breezed through Brexit plunge (Bloomberg)
Private Equity in the age of populism (WSJ Pro)
Pershing Square Layoffs (WSJ)
Private Equity Big Cheese? Try a mouse in a glue trap (WSJ)

Fin-Tech

Robo-adviser Betterment suspends all trading during Brexit aftermath (WSJ)

Media Industry and Journalism:

WSJ and NYT rack up Loeb award this year (TalkingBizNews)
Fox Business Network continues to grow (TalkingBizNews)
Bloomberg posts record digital audience during Brexit (TalkingBizNews)

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