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Financial News Roundup for the Week of August 27, 2017

9/4/2017

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What We've Been Reading - Week of Aug. 27

Markets & Economy:
  • Synthetic CDOs are back (WSJ)
  • CalPERS asks 504 companies why they have all-male boards (MMR)
  • Day Trading in Wall Street’s Complex ‘Fear Gauge’ Proliferates (NYT)​
Asset/Wealth Management:
  • James Staley’s series of unfortunate events (NYT)
  • BlackRock Finds $5 Trillion Industry Is Now Riskier Than in '08 (Bloomberg)
  • Hedge funds see a gold rush in data mining (FT)
  • Active Management Pays Off In Real Estate Funds (II)
Long(er) Reads:
  • Have smartphones destroyed a generation? (The Atlantic)
Alternatives:
  • No 2-and-20? No Problem (II)
  • Buyout Funds Have Money to Burn, and That’s a Problem (WSJ)
  • The Hot New Hedge Fund Flavor Is 'Quantamental' (Bloomberg Businessweek)
  • Hedge funds see a gold rush in data mining (FT)
  • Hedge Funds' Near-Record Momentum Bets Keep Coming Up Winners (Bloomberg)
  • Private Debt Markets Hide Hedge-Fund-Like Risks (Bloomberg Businessweek)
  • How a small Wisconsin town is making some hedge funds very nervous (CNBC.com)
  • The New Wave of Activists (II)
  • SEC scrutinises sales of LP stakes (PEI)
Media Industry and Journalism:

  • The Guardian sets up nonprofit entity to support journalism (NYT)
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Financial News Roundup for the Week of Aug. 13, 2017

8/20/2017

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What We've Been Reading - Week of Aug. 13

Markets & Economy:
  • U.S. default? Unlikely, but bond traders aren’t taking any chances. (Bloomberg)
  • The 2008 Financial Crisis: How It All Began (WSJ) ​
Asset/Wealth Management:
  • Jeff Gundlach is attacking the WSJ for an article that hasn’t come out yet (WSJ)
  • Firms Seek Delays in SEC Rules, Citing Cyber Security (WSJ)
  • Gap Found in Manager’s Confidence in Compliance Programs (Pensions & Investments)
  • BlackRock's largest mutual fund boosts energy holdings: manager (Reuters)
Long(er) Reads:
  • The lives of bitcoin miners digging for digital gold in Inner Mongolia (Quartz)
Alternatives:
  • Cash balance plans grow in size and number (MMR)
  • Private equity firms’ lawyers get creative (FT)
  • Private equity fundraising hits post-crisis high (FT)
  • U.S. hedge funds bearish on FAANG stocks in second-quarter: SEC filings (Reuters)
  • Private equity investors zero in on the RIA business (InvestmentNews)
  • The Next Quant Meltdown (II)
Media Industry and Journalism:
  • How Sinclair Broadcast Group is ridding itself of regulation (NYT)
  • Deirdre Bolton returns to Fox (TalkingBizNews)
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Financial News Roundup for the Week of Aug. 7, 2017

8/13/2017

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What We've Been Reading - Week of Aug. 7

Markets & Economy:
  • When will the tech bubble burst? (NYT)
  • The world’s most feared investor (Bloomberg)
  • Most boring market in decades (AP)
  • ​The Fed Has 6,200 Tons of Gold in a Manhattan Basement—Or Does It? (WSJ)
​Asset/Wealth Management:
  • Corporate governance standoff comes to a boil over SNAP listing (P&I)
  • Billionaire hedge fund titan crushing market says passive indexing making it easier to outperform (CNBC.com)
  • Why investors need regulators to promote “clean” mutual funds (Morningstar op-ed in The Hill)
  • Are index funds evil? (The Atlantic)
  • Dalio’s Quest to Outlive Himself (Bloomberg)
  • It Was a Great Year for America’s Pensions, but Many Are Still in Crisis (WSJ)
Long(er) Reads:
  • Grampa Had a Pension. This Generation Has Cryptocurrency (NYT)
  • How America lost its mind (The Atlantic)
Alternatives:
  • Investors Pile Into Private Equity at Greatest Clip Since 2013 (WSJ)
  • Asia Hedge Funds Are Dominating 2017 (II)
  • PE returns hit two-year high (PEI)
  • Mega-Hedge Funds Are Reporting Big Gains (Bloomberg)
Media Industry and Journalism:
  • Bloomberg Launches an entirely new model of media (AdWeek)


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Financial News Roundup for the Week of July 23, 2017

7/30/2017

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What We've Been Reading - Week of July 23

Markets & Economy:
  • Despite losses, traders continue to short FANG stocks to hedge against broader market (Business Insider)
  • How the wild west of the Internet will be won - through regulation (Stratfor Research)
  • SEC: ICOs and digital currencies could be classified as securities (FT)
  • Latest memo from Howard Marks of Oaktree (Oaktree)​
Asset/Wealth Management:
  • Smaller Managers Best Large Peers Across Equity, Fixed Income (Institutional Investor)
  • Dan Loeb is betting on Blackrock (Business Insider)
  • How a Catholic School Turned $15,000 Into $34 Million Thanks to Snapchat (WSJ)
  • An insider explains why Wall Street big money focus on sustainability is here to stay (Forbes)
  • Wall Street needs you to borrow against your stock (WSJ)
Long(er) Reads:
  • Canada debates whether gift of photos is also a tax dodge (NYT)
  • The hijacking of the Brillante Virtuoso (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
Alternatives:
  • This Hedge Fund Is Betting $280 Million on a 34-Year-Old Guy (Bloomberg)
  • Hedge fund flows turn positive for first time in six quarters (P&I)
  • Direct lending funds’ fading all-weather appeal (Reuters)
  • Carlyle Is Said to Target $15 Billion for U.S. Buyout Fund (Bloomberg)
  • Wealthy Families Invest Less In Buyout Funds To Do Own Deals (II)
Media Industry and Journalism:
  • The boycott that wasn’t: How United weathered a media firestorm (NYT)
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Financial News Roundup for the Week of July 16, 2017

7/23/2017

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What We've Been Reading - Week of July 16

Markets & Economy:
  • Poll: Wall Street effort to improve its image fails to sway Americans (Bloomberg)
  • Markets’ Steady Climb in 2017 Defies Historic Odds (WSJ)
Asset/Wealth Management:
  • Brokers’ call on Wall Street: Bye (WSJ)
Long(er) Reads:
  • Should the tech giants be broken up? (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Alternatives:
  • CalPERS says considering making own private equity investments (Reuters)
  • Hedge Funds Performing Their Best Since 2009 (II)
  • Hedge funds aren’t quite dead yet as $6 billion comes in (WSJ)
  • Loophole Closed: Hedge-Fund Managers Prepare Huge Tax Checks (WSJ)​
Media Industry and Journalism:
  • My futile battle to do away with business jargon (Financial Times)
  • Vice Media lays off about 60 staffers to focus on video (L.A. Times)
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Financial News Roundup for the Week of July 2, 2017

7/9/2017

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What We've Been Reading - Week of July 2
Markets & Economy:
  • Why You Won’t Be Buying a Coffee With Bitcoin Anytime Soon (WSJ)
  • Traders Brace for Comeback of Volatility (Bloomberg)
  • Go long on chicken wings if you’re bullish on driverless cars (Bloomberg)
  • Mortgages could get easier (CNBC.com)
  • A new China worry is taking over Wall Street (Business Insider)
  • Why Square and PayPal Jumped on Wednesday (Barron’s)
Asset/Wealth Management:
  • America’s top bond manager never falls in love (Bloomberg)
  • How has indexing changed the market (Barron’s)
Alternatives:
  • SEC Said to Scrutinize Hedge Funds’ Handling of Hot IPO Shares (Bloomberg)
  • PEI: H1 fundraising reaches new high (PEI)
  • Hedge Funds Flock to Europe, Thinking Worst Is Over (WSJ)
  • First-half private debt fundraising near record (PEI)
  • Private Equity and Passive Investors Are on a Collision Course (Bloomberg)
  • For Hedge Funds, Size Isn’t Everything (WSJ)
Media Industry and Journalism:

  • Networks misspell show titles to game Nielsen ratings system (WSJ)
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Financial News Roundup for the week of June 18, 2017

6/25/2017

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What We've Been Reading - Week of June 18

Markets & Economy:
  • Some global investors see fresh worries in an old problem: China (NYT)
  • Health Care Is the S&P 500's Unsung Hero (Bloomberg)
  • Fake online stores reveal illegal shadow banking system (Reuters)
  • Morgan Stanley’s role in Noble’s unhappy story (Financial Times)

Asset/Wealth Management:
  • Your ETF isn’t what you think it is (WSJ)
  • Pension Crisis Won't Be Reversed by High Returns, Moody's Says (Bloomberg)
  • Are activists being sabotaged by their brokers? (WSJ/National Bureau of Economic Research)
  • Fidelity’s Lessons For The Asset Management Business (The Economist)

Long(er) Reads:
  • Martin Shkreli: “I’m so innocent” (NYT)

Alternatives:
  • Hedge funds are in love with small-caps again (Bloomberg)
  • The path to transparency in alternatives investing (Northern Trust/Economist Intelligence Unit)
  • CalPERS CIO hints at possible PE cuts (PEI)
  • Top Advisers Pull Their Clients’ Assets Out of Hedge Funds (FT)
  • Rise of Robots: Inside the World's Fastest Growing Hedge Funds (Bloomberg)
  • Ten Years After Going Public, Blackstone Stock Hasn’t Budged (NYT)

Media Industry and Journalism:
  • Facebook Building Feature to Let Users Subscribe to News Publications (WSJ)
  • Marketers reevaluating automated ad-buying to avoid web’s dark side (WSJ)
  • Vice secures $450 million investment from TPG (WSJ)
  • Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief Spikes Positive Story About Fox Business (TheWrap)
  • How the Guardian lost America (BuzzFeed)
  • Case tests limits protecting anonymous sources for subscription-based research outfits (NYT)
  • New York Times bloodbath could include reporter jobs (New York Post)
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Financial News Roundup for the Week of June 12, 2017

6/18/2017

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What We've Been Reading - Week of June 12

Markets & Economy:
  • Treasury Department Releases Proposed Overhaul of Bank Rules (Bloomberg)
  • SIFMA Economic Panel Trims Outlook for Growth, Inflation (ThinkAdvisor)
  • Saudi Arabia Cuts U.S. Oil Exports (WSJ)


Asset/Wealth Management:
  • The Changes in 401(k) Plans Over the Past Decade (ThinkAdvisor)
  • Uncertainty Remains after DOL Fiduciary Rule Takes Effect (InvestmentNews)
  • Fee pressure continues for asset managers (ThinkAdvisor)
  • Why high-cost money managers aren't worried about the passive investing boom (Yahoo! Finance)
  • Hunt for Yield Is Driving Loan Investors Crazy (WSJ)
  • When Mom and Dad Can’t Sell the Farm (Or in This Case, The Theme Park) - (NYT)


Long(er) Reads:
  • The Snowballing Power of the VIX, Wall Street’s Fear Index (WSJ)
  • FINRA Blocks Public Scrutiny of Firms with Tainted Brokers (Reuters)

Alternatives:
  • Viking Global Investors Returns $8 billion to Investors (NYTimes)
  • Family Offices are Directly Investing in Private Equity (Barron’s)
  • Elliott Management Expands in Europe (WSJ)


Media Industry and Journalism:
  • The New York Times Needs to Save Whatever Dignity It Has Left (New York Post)
  • Fox News Drops ‘Fair and Balanced’ Motto (NYTimes) ​
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Financial News Roundup for the week of June 5, 2017

6/11/2017

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What We've Been Reading - Week of June 5


Markets & Economy:
  • The Surprising Threat to the American Economy (Barron’s)
  • Why Do the Young Reject Capitalism? (WSJ)
  • How Markets Got The Jobs Report Completely Wrong (Investor’s Business Daily)


Asset/Wealth Management:
  • When Robos Go Bad (WealthManagement.com)
  • Investors move to limit impact of climate change on their portf (Pensions & Investments)  
  • How to Invest in the U.S. Without Even Trying (WSJ MoneyBeat)  
  • The DOL's Fiduciary Rule is Here … But For How Long? (Financial Advisor IQ)


Long(er) Reads:
  • Is Socially Responsible Capitalism Losing? (The New Yorker)

Alternatives:
  • Morgan Stanley Aiming to Raise $2 Billion for New Asia Private-Equity Fund (WSJ)


Media Industry and Journalism:
  • Led by Rachel Maddow, MSNBC Surges to Unfamiliar Spot: No. 1 in Prime Time (New York Times)
  • A Media Analyst Assesses the Amazon Threat (Barron’s Next)
  • How cable news networks reacted to Comey’s hearing (The Washington Post)
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Financial News Roundup for the Week of May 15, 2017

5/21/2017

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What We've Been Reading - Week of May 15
Markets & Economy:
  • There’s a new biggest risk to global markets (Business Insider)
  • Medical Cost Trends Continue to Outpace Inflation and Wages (PlanSponsor)

Asset/Wealth Management:
  • There Are Now More Indexes Than Stocks (Bloomberg)
  • Harvard, Yale, Stanford make big bets on ETFs (Bloomberg)

Long(er) Reads:
  • The Barbarians are at Etsy’s gates (Bloomberg)
  • Inside the dysfunctional origins of Juicero (Gizmodo)

Alternatives:
  • Strapped Pensions and the hefty investment fees they pay (New York Times)
  • Aflac picks private equity over hedge funds in quest for higher returns (Bloomberg)
  • Anthony Scaramucci, hedge fund showman, finds himself in limbo (New York Times)
  • In tumult of Trump, Jon Corzine seeks a Wall Street comeback (New York Times)

Media Industry and Journalism:
  • Rhule, Velshi team up for new business show on MSNBC (TalkingBizNews)
  • 2017 Gerlad Loeb Awards finalists in business journalism announced (PRN)
  • The Washington Post is breaking news - and breaking new ground (NYT)
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