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Hedge Funds / Public
- Hedge Funds Retreat as Markets Advance (WSJ)
- HF in the Business of Breaking Up Deals See Big Payoff (CNBC)
- Hedge Fund Performance Mixed in September (HW)
- HF Managers Don’t Want To Be HF Managers Anymore (DB)
- Hedge Funds Making Historic Bets That Point to Bubbles (BI)
- Blackstone Creates Life Science Unit (II)
- Emerging Hedge Fund Firms Facing Many Roadblocks (PI)
- Criterion Capital to Shut Down After 16 Years (WSJ)
Private Equity / Venture
- The 10 Largest Fundraises of 2018 (PEI)
- Private Equity’s Puzzling Interest in a Popular Short (WSJ)
- Private Equity:Investment in Infrastructure Is Booming (WSJ)
- VC returns appear to soar in Q2 (Pehub)
- Mega Funds Lead Private Capital Fundraising (II)
- Private Equity's Impending Disruption (PEI)
- Is Artificial Intelligence a Silver Bullet for Active Management? (II)
- Institutional Investors Experience Bifurcation of Chinese PE (SWFI)
Real Assets
- Real Assets Recommended for Public Pension Plans (PS)
- Housing Tipping Back To a Buyer's Market (CNBC)
- Uranium Sector Eyed for Revival with Asian Reactor Build (R)
- Gold - A Market in Motion (VW)
- Commodity Investors Show Interest in Cryptocurrencies (Crains)
- Commodity Trading Enters Age of Digitisation (FT)
- Platinum Price Plunges to 14-Year Low (M)
- Big Oil, Utilities Lining Up For Electric Vehicle War (B)
Hedge Funds / Public
- Hedge Funds Retreat as Markets Advance (WSJ)
- HF in the Business of Breaking Up Deals See Big Payoff (CNBC)
- Hedge Fund Performance Mixed in September (HW)
- HF Managers Don’t Want To Be HF Managers Anymore (DB)
- Hedge Funds Making Historic Bets That Point to Bubbles (BI)
- Blackstone Creates Life Science Unit (II)
- Emerging Hedge Fund Firms Facing Many Roadblocks (PI)
- Criterion Capital to Shut Down After 16 Years (WSJ)
Private Equity / Venture
- The 10 Largest Fundraises of 2018 (PEI)
- Private Equity’s Puzzling Interest in a Popular Short (WSJ)
- Private Equity:Investment in Infrastructure Is Booming (WSJ)
- VC returns appear to soar in Q2 (Pehub)
- Mega Funds Lead Private Capital Fundraising (II)
- Private Equity's Impending Disruption (PEI)
- Is Artificial Intelligence a Silver Bullet for Active Management? (II)
- Institutional Investors Experience Bifurcation of Chinese PE (SWFI)
Real Assets
- Real Assets Recommended for Public Pension Plans (PS)
- Housing Tipping Back To a Buyer's Market (CNBC)
- Uranium Sector Eyed for Revival with Asian Reactor Build (R)
- Gold - A Market in Motion (VW)
- Commodity Investors Show Interest in Cryptocurrencies (Crains)
- Commodity Trading Enters Age of Digitisation (FT)
- Platinum Price Plunges to 14-Year Low (M)
- Big Oil, Utilities Lining Up For Electric Vehicle War (B)
Managers(GPs)
- GPs Are Committing More to Their Own Funds (PEI)
- Diversity is the new ESG (PEI)
- GPs Experiment with Waterfalls (PFM)
- HFs Back On Endangered Species List (DB)
- When Private Equity Wins and Consumers Lose (II)
- The Hottest Private Debt Managers (II)
- Look to Asia for Diversification in Private Equity (II)
- Cliff Asness: Stick With Liquid Alts (II)
Allocators(LPs)
- SF Pension System Approves Divestment of Fossil Fuel (CIO)
- GPIF Can Use AI to Determine Manager Selection (CIO)
- LPs Seek Help Ensuring They Aren’t Overpaying for PE (Pehub)
- OCERS Pursues $100M in PE Commitments to Close 2018 (Pehub)
- Can Japanese LPs Become Asia's Next Big Investors? (PERE)
- Sovereign Funds Carve Out More Room for Alternative Assets (II)
- Washington State Allocates Close to $3B to Private Markets (CIO)
- CalPERS Names Ben Meng the New CIO (II)
Blockchain
- David Swensen, Makes First Big Bets on Crypo (CNBC)
- Seoul to Create 100B Won Blockchain Fund (ZDNet)
- Morgan Creek Launches Crypto Index Fund (II)
- Crypto Trading Revenue May Double, Bernstein Says (BB)
- Mystery Behind Tether, the Crypto World's Digital Dollar (WSJ)
- GS Considering a Custody Offering for Crypto Funds (BB)
- SEC: Bitcoin Is Regulated & Mature Enough To Have ETF (F)
- Richard Branson On Blockchains Future (F)
Greed / Optimism
- Africa Special: The Tailwinds behind Kenya's PE Growth (PEI)
- Foundations Reap Biggest Retuns Since 2013 (II)
- Institutional Investors Have High Hopes for HFs in 2019 (CIO)
- PE Investment Is Proof of Positive Southern Africa (FT)
- PE Accelerates ‘Buy-and-Build’ Strategy (FT)
- As PEs Mature, the Way They Buy and Sell is Changing (E)
- Traders Chase 76% Returns Shorting Europe (B)
- Euro Funds Aiming for Risky 12-15% Returns (PDI)
Fear / Pessimism
- Africa Special: Currency Risk is the Biggest Concern for LPs (PEI)
- High Fees Remain Biggest Barrier to Private Markets (PEI)
- Next Crisis Will Feature Flash Crashes and Social Unrest (CNBC)
- How Escalating US-China Tensions are Reshaping PE (PEI)
- Greenlight Capital's Funds are Down 18.3% This Year (WSJ)
- Quant HFs Lose Their Allure as Performance Sags (FT)
- Insurance Firms Pull Billions from HFs (FN)
- HFs Who Bet Big on India Say They Were Scammed (BB)
Occupy: Alts
- Campbell Reboots Long-Running Multistrategy Fund (II)
- 3 Things to Know about Japan Post Bank's $78B Alt Target (PEI)
- J. Tomilson Hill is New CEO of Blackstone Alt. Asset Management (PI)
- Alt. Investment Industry-U.S. Economy Run, Fed Hike in 2018 (O)
- HF Rich List Shows Broken Fee Model (II)
- Private Equity Examines its Distressed Navel (BB)
- Asia’s Richest Families are Abandoning ‘Complacent’ HF's (BB)
- Investing for the Future: Alternatives (HW)
Buffett / Berkshire
- 10 Reasons Buffett is a Better Investor Than You (USNews)
- Buffett Donates $3.4B of Berkshire Stock to Charities (WSJ)
- Warren Buffett's Advice On How To Raise Well-Adjusted Heirs (WA)
- The Price For Lunch With Warren Buffett: $3,300,100 (R)
- Buffett Buys a Further 75 Million Apple Shares, Sells Out of IBM (B)
- Berkshire 2018 AGM: Buffett's Advice on Investing (VW)
- What Gives Warren Buffett His Edge (VW)
- What to Do When Stocks Tank: Dalio, Buffett (I)
China
- Inventis: In Search of China’s ‘Largest’ PE Firm (PEI)
- China's $1.9T Private Funds Industry Braces for Pain (BB)
- China's New Rules Spark Private Equity Collapse (OZY)
- China PE Fundraising Dips in H1 2018 (PEI)
- Jonathan Gray On China: There Are Big Issues At Stake (CNBC)
- Allianz Real Estate Putting More In China (BT)
- China’s Unicorns Are Stampeding Into an IPO Quagmire (B)
- CIC Posts 17.59% 2017 Return on Overseas Porfolio (SWFI)
Opinions / Academia
- Bring Harvard and Yale Investing to the People (B)
- The New Threat Facing Developed Markets Investments (II)
- The Fed’s Capital Mistake (WSJ)
- HF Managers With High Testosterone Underperform (CNBC)
- When Doing Nothing Is the Best Thing To Do (II)
- Why Gabelli Isn’t Sweating the Passive Trend (II)
- Investors Piled Into PE Last Year — and They May Regret It (II)
- How Amazon Can Blow Up Asset Management (VW)
Publications & Presentations
- Howard Marks: Investing Without People (OTC)
- Hedge Funds' Strategic Conference Approach (SSRN)
- BlackRock Eyes Coders, Not Investors (LinkedIn)
- a16z Monthly Newletter - May 2018 - The Long Game (a16z)
- Blockchain's New Found Applications In The Energy Sector (EC)
- Greenlight Capital Q1 2018
- Third Point First Quarter Investor Letter (TP)
- DoubleLine April 2018 Commentary (DL)
Emerging Managers / Emerging Companies
- A Difficult Pitch, but Europe Needs US Investors (PDI)
- Hedge Funds Lose Appetite for FANGs (B)
- SEC Wants to Open Public to Private Deals (WSJ)
- At Hedge Funds, Where Are the Women? (WSJ)
- SoftBank Is Starting to Look Like a PE Firm (BB)
- Andreessen Horowitz Scraps Rule for Partnership (RC)
- Opportunities for Women in Crypto (F)
- Cambridge Co SPG Committed to Investing in Female Mangers (F)
Fees and Terms
- Quant Funds Lose Their Shine as Strategies Falter (FT)
- SEC Looks to Rewrite Rules for Brokers (WSJ)
- Carry and Hurdles in Three Charts (PEI)
- The Hedge Fund Fee Conundrum (II)
- More HFs to Renegotiate Fees with UTIMCO (PI)
- PE Fee Model Under Scrutiny Following Nordic PE Entry Snub (FT)
- Higher UST Yields Hit Hedge Fund Fees (VW）
- Fees Charged by Private Debt Funds at a 10-Year Low (II)
Emerging Markets
- Public Funds Split on India Allocation (SWFI)
- Emerging Markets Send Pension Assets Surging (II)
- Argentina Hikes Highest Rate Amid Turkey Contagion (BB)
- As Trade Wars Heat Up, So Do Emerging Markets (II)
- Private Debt Investors Turn to Asia (II)
- South African HF Industry Sees First AUM Decline Since 2011 (O)
- Jay Newman Eyes Comeback with Venezuela Focus (FT)
- China's Major Tech Firms Will Dominate Emerging Markets (F)
Direct / Co-Investment
- Morgan Stanley Raises $516M fo HF Co-Investments (BB)
- Ontario Teachers' Initial Investment Pays Off (PI)
- PE Investors: Co-Investments Outperform Funds (VW)
- LPs Attracted to Better Returns from Co-Investments (CMN)
- Family Offices Directing Own PE Investments (TD)
- CalPERS to Consider Internal Activism (PI)
- Public Pension Funds' Shareholder-Proposal Activism (PM)
- ADIA Seen as a Threat to Asset Management (CIO)
Potpourri
- Soros Spins Out Private Equity Team, Pledging Up to $2B (BB)
- Secondaries Special: Experiments in Liquidity (PEI)
- Allure of Specialty Finance Strategies Gets Stronger (PDI)
- Blackstone Impressed By KKR's Gain in C-corp Conversion (PEI)
- Biggest Banks Pass Fed's Stress Test (NYT)
- Wall Street Uses Superforecasting to Predict Market Behavior (WSJ)
- Under-Funded Colorado Retirement System Gets New Money (CIO)
- SocGen To Pay $1.3B Over FCPA, Libor-Rigging Charges (Law360)