My Weekly Financial News Roundup

What We've Been Reading - Week of Nov. 13

Markets & Economy:

• Bill Gross on the election (Janus)
  
• Comprehensive chart from Davis Polk on how Dodd-Frank could look in the new administration (Davis Polk)
  
• Will the new administration strengthen antitrust policies? (The Atlantic)
  
• Ray Dalio’s bond shake-up scenario (Bloomberg)
  

Asset/Wealth Management:

• Wall Street’s decade long firing spree seen winding down (Bloomberg)
  
• Illinois pension fund moves further away from active management (WSJ)
  
• Goldman Sachs makes its pitch to the masses (NYT)
  
• A Concerned Billionaire Develops a Plan for Retirements (NYT)
  

Long Reads:

• The only bank in a Yemeni town run by Al-Qaeda (NYT)
  
• Professors peddling mega mergers (ProPublica)
  
• Activist investors and the U.S. economy (The Atlantic)
  

Alternatives:

• Survey: Most investors sticking with hedge funds (P&I)
  
• Bill Ackman’s fortune - down, but not out (NYT)
  
• Hedge fund with $2 billion bets on “crazy” in a Trump world (Bloomberg)
  
• Trump victory sparks hedge fund bonanza (WSJ)
  

Media Industry and Journalism:

• Facebook and Google won’t let fake news sites use their ad networks (The Atlantic)
  
• Squawk Box moving to Nasdaq studio next year (Talking Biz News)
  
• Bloomberg announces changes across its news operation (WSJ)