Financial News Roundup for the Week of Dec. 10, 2017

What We've Been Reading - Week of Dec. 10
Markets & Economy:

• The global economy is partying like it’s 2008 (NYT)
• Introducing the “Trump Policy Indices” for Wall Street (NYT)
• Not Your Grandmother’s I.M.F. (Freakonomics Radio)

Asset/Wealth Management:

• The Private Firefighters Protecting California’s Mansions From Wildfires (WSJ Video)
• Is there really a retirement savings crisis? (WSJ)

Long(er) Reads:

• Jim Simons, the numbers king (New Yorker)
• Millions of People Post Comments on Federal Regulations. Many Are Fake (WSJ)
• What’s eating Bill Ackman (II)

Alternatives:

• Why private equity wants a piece of the RIA market (InvestmentNews)
• Chinese regulator cracks down on booming hedge fund industry (Bloomberg)
• KKR makes public bet on private credit (Reuters)
• It’s Getting Cheaper to Invest in Private Debt (II)
• New CalPERS board member leery of private equity takeover (P&I)

Media Industry and Journalism:

• WSJ defends coverage of Dallas asset manager (TalkingBizNews)
• Business Insider drops “Business” from its name as it broadens coverage, distribution (WSJ)
• How Forbes is restructuring (Digiday)