Financial News Roundup for the Week of April 2, 2017

What We've Been Reading - Week of April 2

Markets & Economy:

• China has its worst ever start to a year for defaults (Bloomberg)
  
• Trump plans have dealmakers dreaming big ($100 billion cash takeover?) (NYT)
  
• Bond market ignores more assertive Fed at its peril (FT)
  
• U.S. companies expected to post strongest quarterly profits since 2011 (WSJ)
  
• Data clash heats up between banks and NYSE (WSJ)
  
• Bank reform architect puzzled by efforts to undo it (NYT)
  
• Richmond Fed President Resigns, Admitting He Violated Confidentiality (NYT)
  

Asset/Wealth Management:

• Future State of the Investment Profession (CFA Institute)
  

Long(er) Reads:

• Jerks and the Start-ups They Ruin (New York Times)
  
• Women Don’t Get To Run Top Board Committees (Bloomberg)
  
• Uncovering the secrets of Wall Street’s largest oil trade (Bloomberg)
  

Alternatives:

• Hedge Fund Strife Gives Rich Families New Swagger With Managers (Bloomberg)
  
• Private capital fundraising continues in Q1 2017 (ValueWalk)
  
• The fall of Fortress (Institutional Investor)
  
• Private equity is breaking records left and right as funds rake in money (CNBC)
  

Media Industry and Journalism:

• Mexican Newspaper Shuts Down - Saying It Is Too Dangerous To Continue (New York Times)