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Financial News Roundup for the Week of Jan 22, 2017

1/29/2017

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What We've Been Reading - Week of Jan. 22

Markets & Economy:
  • Does Dow 20,000 Matter? Mostly No (Bloomberg)
  • China clamps down on banks moving currency overseas (Financial Times)
  • Gundlach sees Trump moves weakening dollar, boosting TIPS demand (Reuters)
  • Americans are flipping houses like it’s 2006 (Bloomberg)

Asset/Wealth Management:
  • Morgan Stanley said to seek fees from ETF issuers to carry funds (Bloomberg)
  • Sustainable and Impact Investing in U.S. Surges by 33%: Report (ThinkAdvisor)
  • John Bogle on the future for money managers (Business Insider)
  • Harvard Endowment to outsource most management, cut jobs (Bloomberg)
  • Active v. Passive: There is no debate (Pensions & Investments)
  • A message for my young friends (Reformed Broker)


Long Reads:
  • Long on Trump (New York Magazine)
  • Are the Murdoch sons prepared to take over for their father? (FT)

Alternatives:
  • Hedge funds risk treasuries wipeout as bearish bet soar (Bloomberg)
  • Hedge fund assets surpass $3 trillion in 2016 (Bloomberg)
  • Cooley: Why we expect PE to invest more in tech in 2017 (Cooley.com)
  • Private equity frets as Congress eyes interest deduction (Financial Times)
Media Industry and Journalism:
  • Ad agencies making secret settlements to avoid client audits (Business Insider)
  • Expect a media merger bonanza (Los Angeles Times)
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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:
  • 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)
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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:
  • Zen and the art of 401(k) maintenance (NYT)​​
  • Barclays shrinks, but says its core business is stronger (NYT)

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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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