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My weekly roundup of important financial and media news you may have missed

9/11/2016

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What We've Been Reading - Week of Sept. 4

Markets & Economy:

Junk debt getting crowded (WSJ)
McDonald’s pushes out smaller franchisees (Businessweek)
Should China’s debt levels worry you? (NYT)
Markets see Fed on hold (Bloomberg)
Regulators seek tighter controls on investment by big banks (NYT)
Gundlach puts his finger on the bond market tipping point (Bloomberg)

Asset Management:

Goldman Sachs bans partners from political contributions (Politico)

Long Reads:

How Elizabeth Holmes’s House of Cards Came Tumbling Down (Vanity Fair)

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Media Industry and Journalism:

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Important financial and media stories you may have missed

9/5/2016

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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)

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Media Industry and Journalism:

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

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Financial and media news stories you may have missed last week

8/28/2016

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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:

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

8/21/2016

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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:

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25 financial and media stories you may have missed last week

8/14/2016

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What We've Been Reading - Week of August 7

Markets & Economy:

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)

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25 financial and media stories you may have missed last week

8/7/2016

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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)

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

7/31/2016

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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)

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Financial and media news roundup for the week of July 17, 2016

7/26/2016

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Markets & Economy:

CEOs release list of public company corporate governance principles (New York Times)
Larry Fink skeptical of market highs (CNBC)
How the markets predict election results (Bloomberg)
The Fed is cautious on rates (New York Times)
Bears, Bulls and Ambivalence: Turkey’s Turmoil Divides Big Money (Bloomberg)
Shares of Line, the Japanese rival to WhatsApp, soar after IPO (Financial Times)

Asset Management:

Jeff Gundlach’s Bond King crown comes into question (InvestmentNews)
Goldman seen struggling to send dive in fixed income market share (Bloomberg)
Outflows accelerate from U.S. active funds (Financial Times)
After worst year since crisis, asset managers need to change (WSJ)

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