Financial News Roundup for the Week of Oct. 15, 2017

What We've Been Reading - Week of Oct. 15

Markets & Economy:

• Black Monday at 30 from the Wall Street players who lived it (Bloomberg)
  
• Why Investors Can’t Get Enough of Tajikistan’s Debt (NYT)
  
• Beneath the market rally - a lot less trading (WSJ)
  
• A stock market panic like 1987 could happen again (NYT)
  

Asset/Wealth Management:

• Talk of retirement savings cap rattles financial industry (WSJ)
  
• Active Management Picks Up (PlanAdviser)
  

Long(er) Reads:

• How essential oils became the cure for our age of anxiety (New Yorker)
  
• WeWork: A $20 billion startup fueled by Silicon Valley pixie dust (WSJ)
  

Alternatives:

• Barbarians Open Their Gates as Blackstone, Others Seek Retail Cash (WSJ)
  
• Blackstone Seeks $10 Billion for Infrastructure (Bloomberg)
  
• In defense of private equity (CNBC.com)
  
• Counting sheep adds up for PE firms (P&I)
  
• ‘Psychopath’ Hedge Fund Managers Make Less Money (Bloomberg)
  
• Private equity firms are making a fortune stripping capital out of their companies (Business Insider)
  
• Hedge Fund Stars Are Losing Their Sway (Bloomberg)
  
• Wealthy families are winning deals away from private equity (Bloomberg)
  

Media Industry and Journalism:

• Who can save journalism (New Yorker)