Financial News Roundup for the Week of Jan. 29, 2017

What We've Been Reading - Week of Jan. 29

Markets & Economy:

• Zero-based budgeting surges for U.S. companies (Reuters)
  
• Big investor group to push for end to dual class shares (WSJ)
  
• We’re in Phase III of the Trump Rally (Bloomberg View)
  
• Buffett and Gates on dreams, vaccines and sex (CNNMoney)
  
• So how would that border tax work? (NPR Planet Money podcast)
  

Asset/Wealth Management:

• Robo-Adviser Betterment Adds Human Option (WSJ)
  
• Research analysts
  
• Survey: Most consumers welcome robo-advice for banking, insurance and retirement services (USA Today)
  
• Special Report on Active Management: The Active Game (Investment & Pensions Europe)
  

Long Reads:

• The end of direct employment (WSJ)
  

Alternatives:

• Investors pulled more than $4.4 billion from Brevan Howard (WSJ)
  
• Private capital industry AUM hits $4.46 trillion (FinAlternatives)
  
• Dan Loeb: Trump will make hedge funds great again (Reuters)
  
• The list of the best money managers by LCH Investments (LCH)
  
• US University endowment put spotlight on hedge funds (Financial Times)
  
• Hedge fund investor letters show managers are stumped by Trump (Bloomberg)
  
• Private debt investors to increase commitments as performance exceeds expectations (FinAlternatives)
  
  Media Industry and Journalism:​
  
• Legendary Legal News Reporter Wayne Barrett Dies (New York Times)
  
• WSJ lays off staff in Europe and Asia (Bloomberg)
  
• New York Times Business desk undergoes reorganization (TalkingBizNews)
  
• How to cope with headline fatigue (New York Times)