Financial News Roundup for the Week of Feb. 12, 2017

What We've Been Reading - Week of Feb. 12

Markets & Economy:

• Harvard economist Rogoff explains why he is so optimistic about the economy under President Trump (Business Insider)
• U.S. investors brace for mounting political risks as they decode Trump (Reuters)
• SEC Chief scales back powers of enforcement staff (WSJ)
• Falling correlations spell opportunity for investors (WSJ)
• Emerging market debt investors brace for ‘Trump slump’ (FT)

Asset/Wealth Management:

• Softbank strikes deal to buy Fortress (WSJ)
• Change is coming, but don’t write off investment research (FT)
• Catalyst Capital says don’t blame us for stock market swings (Bloomberg)
• Fund’s $600 Million Lost Week Captivates Traders (WSJ)

Long Reads:

• Maniac Killers of the Bangalore IT Department (Bloomberg)

Alternatives:

• A $200 billion Danish investor sorts bad hedge funds from good (Bloomberg)
• Trump’s Stew of Uncertainties Puts Hedge Funds Managers on Alert (WSJ)
• Blackstone CEO throws himself ‘the party of the century’ (Page Six)
• European hedge funds toil as U.S. peers prosper (WSJ)
• Hedge fund redemptions accelerate in 2016 despite improved performance (FINalternatives)

Media Industry and Journalism:

• TheStreet.com lays off nearly a dozen staffers (New York Post)
• Conflict over Trump forces out an opinion editor at the WSJ (The Atlantic)
• WSJ’s editor defends paper’s coverage at staff meeting (HuffPo)