Weekly roundup of important stories you may have missed last week

What We've Been Reading - Week of Sept. 18
Markets & Economy:

• Reckoning coming for U.S. pensions as investment returns lag (Bloomberg)
  
• Who hates free trade? Surprisingly, not voters (NYT)
  

Asset Management:

• A sour surprise for public pensions: two sets of books (NYT)
  
• Betterment rebrands platform for advisors (Financial Planning)
  
• John Bogle on how the DOL fiduciary rule is just the first step (InvestmentNews)
  

Long Reads:

• Inside Wall Street’s great feud Ackman v. Icahn (Fortune)
  
• Man v. Rat: Could the Long War Soon Be Over (The Guardian)
  
• Andrew Sullivan on his search for peace away from his smartphone (NYMag)
  
• The secret powerhouse processing millions in global fraud (CNN)
  
• How Hampton Creek sold Silicon Valley on a fake-mayo miracle (Bloomberg Businessweek)
  

Alternatives:

• Asenqua Ventures - the VC firm that wasn’t there (Fortune)
  
• How firms balance SEC and LP demands (PrivCap)
  
• Hedge fund redemptions ease in August (HFMWeek)
  
• Private debt performance spurs further investor inflows (FinAlts)
  
• Hedge fund fees need to fall further investors say (Bloomberg)
  

Media Industry and Journalism:

• Univision names News Corp’s Narisetti as CEO of rebranded Gawker Media Group (WSJ)
  
• How government agencies control media embargoes (Scientific American)