Financial News Roundup for the Week of July 30, 2017

What We've Been Reading - Week of July 30

Markets & Economy:

• Tobacco Bondholders Shrug Off FDA News While Cigarette Stocks Are Hit Hard (Bloomberg)
• How the bond industry changed, 15 years after the first fixed-income ETF (MarketWatch)​

Asset/Wealth Management:

• ETFs now have $1 trillion more than hedge funds (WSJ)
• ETF Shakeup: PureFunds Brand Name Ousted (ETF.com)
• Deal Activity Drops in Asset Management (II)

Long(er) Reads:

• How the world’s biggest buyout deal crashed and burned (Bloomberg)

Alternatives:

• Time To Rehydrate (Financial Planning)
• Emerging Markets, Europe, and Activists Drive Hedge Gains (Barron’s)
• Private Equity Doesn't Deserve Its Bad Reputation (Bloomberg View)
• Secondary private equity deals near record (FT)
• Retirement: Your Pension Plan Has a Big Hedge Fund Problem (Fortune)
• Hedge fund legends are losing assets and underperforming the market significantly this year (CNBC.com)
• Cohodes Protégé to Raise $200 Million for a Short Hedge Fund (Bloomberg)​

Media Industry and Journalism:

• Exclusive look at Rod Wheeler’s suit against Fox News (NPR)