Financial News Roundup for the Week of July 9, 2017

What We've Been Reading - Week of July 9
Markets & Economy:

• Ripples spread in global bond selloff (WSJ)
  
• Markets no longer make sense to macro managers (Bloomberg)
  
• How Brexit is set to hurt Europe’s financial systems (Reuters)
  
• The man behind activist investors’ biggest bets (WSJ)
  

Asset/Wealth Management:

• Boomer investors have less than half the D.C. savings they need for retirement (Legg Mason Investments)
  
• Asset Management Revenue Falls in 2016 for First Time Since 2008 (Bloomberg)
  
• ETFs and Mutual Funds Square Off in the Post-Fiduciary-Rule World (WSJ)
  

Long(er) Reads:

• Paying professors: Inside Google’s academic influence campaign (WSJ)
  
• The lawyer, the addict (NYT)
  

Alternatives:

• Canadian hedge funds prepare for retail investors (Bloomberg)
  
• Hedge Funds and a Prisoner's Dilemma (Bloomberg)
  
• Private Equity's Other Transparency Problem (II)
  
• With Leonard Green Stake, Blackstone Harks Back to Its Roots (NYT)
  
• Efforts to improve diversity at hedge funds and PE firms slowly paying off (PE Wire)
  
• CalPERS seeks PE managers (PEI)
  
• Scramble for Assets Grows Among Flush PE Firms (II)
  
• That's Not Private Equity, That's a Pension Fund (Bloomberg)
  
• David Einhorn’s Hedge Fund Sheds More Than $400 Million in Investor Outflows (WSJ)
  

Media Industry and Journalism:

• News Outlets to Seek Bargaining Rights Against Google and Facebook (NYT)
  
• Brevan Howard’s gag order against Reuters upheld by appeals court (Lexology)
  WSJ reorganizes newsroom, creates senior roles (WSJ)