Financial News Roundup for the Week of August 27, 2017

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)