My weekly financial news roundup for the week of Jan. 15, 2017

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

Markets & Economy:

• Boomers’ mandatory 401k withdrawal is causing major shift in cash (WSJ)
• Obama’s legacy on Wall Street and New York City (WNYC News Radio)
• Wall Street gets its groove back (WSJ)
• New Wall St. conflict: Analysts say ‘buy’ to win access for their clients (WSJ)

Asset/Wealth Management:

• Stock picking is back (WSJ)
• A Rare Corner of Finance Where Women Dominate (NYT)
• Robos jumping into socially responsible investing space (InvestmentNews)
• Cliff Asness on the unintended consequences of the fiduciary rule (AQR.com)
• Morgan Stanley increases tech deals to booth wealth business (Reuters)
  
  

Alternatives:

• David Einhorn’s view on the year ahead (ValueWalk)
• Struggling hedge funds still expense bonuses, bar tabs (Reuters)
• Carried interest in the Trump administration (FinAlts)

Media Industry and Journalism:

• NYT releases internal 2020 report (NYT)