Financial News Roundup for the Week of Aug. 13, 2017

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)