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Hedge Funds / Public
- Medallion Fund 'Stretches Explanation to the Limit' (II)
- SS&C GlobeOp Index Down -0.22% in January (O)
- Hedge Funds Stay Negative on European Airline Stocks (HW)
- Asia Hedge Funds Brace for Lean Times (B)
- Scammers Clone London Hedge Fund Websites (R)
- Evolution of Shrinking Hedge Fund Fees (HW)
- How Bloomberg Calculated Hedge Fund Managers’ Income (B)
- Hedge Funds to Lose $20 Billion From Investors This Year (B)
Private Equity / Venture
- What Does Private Equity Really Return? (PEI)
- China's Sluggish Fundraising Grinds to a Full Stop (PEI)
- Pressure Mounts for Glencore, Largest Exporter of Coal (FT)
- Tech Stockpicker Raises $6B for Hybrid Fund (Ft)
- Global Fund Flows Hit $1 Trillion to End Decade (CW)
- Factors That Predict Future Success of PE Managers (II)
- PE Industry Needs to Address Inequality and Climate Change (PEI)
- Private Credit Is Vital to the American Economy (II)
Real Assets
- U.S. Home Prices Jump in Q4 as Housing Inventory Falls (HW)
- The Art of Co-Investing in Real Estate (PERE)
- Investors Plan to Plough Billions Into UK Real Estate This Year (CAM)
- Stocks More Than Doubled Over the Last Decade (II)
- How Trustworthy Is EBITDA? Inflated Valuations (PEI)
- Wall Street Will Ditch New York for Cheaper Cities (BI)
- Private Real Estate Is Connecting to 5g (PERE)
- Canadian Funded Ratio All-Time High Due to Bond Yields (CIO)
Hedge Funds / Public
- Medallion Fund 'Stretches Explanation to the Limit' (II)
- SS&C GlobeOp Index Down -0.22% in January (O)
- Hedge Funds Stay Negative on European Airline Stocks (HW)
- Asia Hedge Funds Brace for Lean Times (B)
- Scammers Clone London Hedge Fund Websites (R)
- Evolution of Shrinking Hedge Fund Fees (HW)
- How Bloomberg Calculated Hedge Fund Managers’ Income (B)
- Hedge Funds to Lose $20 Billion From Investors This Year (B)
Private Equity / Venture
- What Does Private Equity Really Return? (PEI)
- China's Sluggish Fundraising Grinds to a Full Stop (PEI)
- Pressure Mounts for Glencore, Largest Exporter of Coal (FT)
- Tech Stockpicker Raises $6B for Hybrid Fund (Ft)
- Global Fund Flows Hit $1 Trillion to End Decade (CW)
- Factors That Predict Future Success of PE Managers (II)
- PE Industry Needs to Address Inequality and Climate Change (PEI)
- Private Credit Is Vital to the American Economy (II)
Real Assets
- U.S. Home Prices Jump in Q4 as Housing Inventory Falls (HW)
- The Art of Co-Investing in Real Estate (PERE)
- Investors Plan to Plough Billions Into UK Real Estate This Year (CAM)
- Stocks More Than Doubled Over the Last Decade (II)
- How Trustworthy Is EBITDA? Inflated Valuations (PEI)
- Wall Street Will Ditch New York for Cheaper Cities (BI)
- Private Real Estate Is Connecting to 5g (PERE)
- Canadian Funded Ratio All-Time High Due to Bond Yields (CIO)
Managers(GPs)
- Blackstone Q4 2019 Investor Call Transcript (BS)
- SEC Makes Another Push to Get Diversity Data From Mangers (PI)
- The One Thing That Keeps Blackstone's CIO up at Night (PEI)
- SoftBank Pushes for Hedge Fund-Style Vehicle After Stumble (FT)
- SoftBank's Founder Scales Back on Fund's Ambition (FT)
- SoftBank Will Provide Small Vehicles to Regain Confidence (PEI)
- Apollo to Double AUM in 5yrs With Permanent Capital Vehicles (PEI)
- Goldman Is Opening Its Own Private Investments to Clients (II)
Allocators(LPs)
- Few Deferred Compensation Plan Participants Invest in ESG (PI)
- Family Offices Lead the Way on Impact Investing (R)
- LP Decisions Become Easier as Energy Stocks Underperform (CNBC)
- Are New CIOs Since the Crisis Ready for a Downturn? (PI)
- Indiana Congressman Calls on CalPERS CIO to Be Fired (CIO)
- CalPERS Investment Committee Downsizes From 13 to 9 (CIO)
- Danish Pension Pledges to End Fossil Fuel Investments (CIO)
Blockchain
- Crypto Ponzi Scheme Took Millions From Over 100 Investors (CIO)
- UAE Adopts Blockchain, Could Save Them Billions in Cost (CIO)
- Bitcoin on the Rise, Many Believe for the Last Time (DB)
- Henry Kravis Is Now Invested in a Cryptocurrency Fund (CCN)
- A $1,800 Drop in Minutes: Bitcoin Volatility on Full Display (BB)
- Bitcoin Topping $11,000 Propels Crypto-Linked Stocks Higher (BB)
- Potential Regulatory Problems with Facebook's Crypto (CAM)
- Facebook to Launch its Own Crytocurrency (BI)
Greed / Optimism
- Investors Are Hooked to Private Credit, Which Won't End Well (II)
- Will Institutional Investors Favor Private Equity in 2020? (BC)
- Recession Fears Recede, Slight Shift From Bonds to Stocks (FT)
- Ed Yardeni Is Bullish, Possible Correction but No Recession (CIO)
- US Bank Pensioners Sue Although They Were Overfunded (II)
- Praesidium Fights Sale of Instructure to Thoma Bravo (R)
- Blackstone Won't Go Down Alone in Denmark (BB)
- Buffet Bets On Dialysis Giant, But It Smells Fishy (II)
Fear / Pessimism
- Close to $1.2T of Investor Money Is Stuck in 'Zombie' Funds (FT)
- Are New CIOs Since the Crisis Ready for a Downturn? (PI)
- Rollover Co-Investments: 'Handle With Extreme Care' (PEI)
- KKT Index Uses Human Skull Analysis to Predict Recession (CIO)
- Ken Griffin Warns the Market Is Not Prepared for Inflation (CIO)
- Amid Covid-19 Silicon Valley Refuses to Shake Hands (V)
- Coronavirus May Be a Black Swan Like No Other (M)
Occupy: Alts
- SECURE Act Will Allow 401(k)s to Invest in Alternatives (TH)
- Since Endowment Success, Liquid Alt ETFs Are The Star (II)
- The New Wave of Alts Investors (II)
- AI Professionals Bullish on Prospects for Remainder of 2019 (HW)
- Investor Alex Rodriguez Is Big on Alts (CIO)
- Is India's Exotic Funds Explosive Growth a Problem? (BB)
- How Japan Post Insurance Will Deploy Next $7B in Alts (PEI)
- Alts Offset Shaky 2018 for Swedish Fund (CIO)
Buffett / Berkshire
- Warren Buffett's Faith in Boeing Helps It Soar (ZH)
- Tech Execs Survey Proves Buffett's Pricey Market Theory (CNBC)
- Buffet Bets On Dialysis Giant, But It Smells Fishy (II)
- Buffet Outbid by Private Equity In Berkshire's Deal Hunt (BB)
- Charles Schwab Breaks Warren Buffet's #1 Rule (CNBC)
- Warren Buffett Is Quiet about Stocks With a Distressing Signal (BB)
- What ‘Sets Apart a Big Winner from the Rest of the Pack’ (CNBC)
- The David Rubenstein Show: Warren Buffett (BB)
China
- Goldman Offers 'Basket' to Bet Against Chinese Stocks (FT)
- Without Historical Daily Breakdown, Virus Model Won't Work (ZH)
- Chinese Family Offices Return 11% in 2019 (CIO)
- IHS Markit Predicts Virus Will Chop 0.4% off World GDP (CIO)
- Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by John Hopkins (CSSE)
- Amid Covid-19 Silicon Valley Refuses to Shake Hands (V)
- Indiana Rep Calls for Ouster of CalPERS CIO Over Ties With China (R)
Opinions / Academia
- Op-Ed: Why CIOs Should Engage on Climate and Take Action (CIO)
- Eerie Similarity: The Roaring Twenties and Today (CIO)
- China's Tech Revolution Saved the Economy and Created Jobs (NYT)
- 8 Things That Almost Certainly Won't Happen in PE in 2020 (PEI)
- SEC Self-Aware, Armaco Fail, and More (BB)
- You Can't Spot a Bubble, So Don't Even Try, Says Eugene Fama (CIO)
- Value Investing’s Heady Days Aren’t Coming Back, Study Says (II)
- Policy Makers Should Take a Look at Private Equity (BB)
Publications & Presentations
- Greenhill's Secondaries Market Overview in Five Charts (SI)
- Legendary Investor Charlie Munger Speaks at Daily Journal (YT)
- Premier Li Keqiang Takes Charge in Wuhan (SCMP)
- Carnegie Foundation Director Favors Hedge Funds (BB)
- How Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Invest? Less Contrarian (SS)
- December 2019 Venn Factor Performance Report (V)
- The Global Risks Report 2020 (WEF)
- World Economic Forum Panel Discussion on Negative Yield (WEF)
Emerging Managers / Emerging Companies
- Elizabeth Burton Overhauls Hawaii ERS (CIO)
- VTS Is No Stranger to Real Estate Disruption (PERE)
- Citadel's Trading Arm Beats Hedge Funds and Outpaces Banks (BB)
- 2019 Asset Management Winner, NISA Investment Advisors (CIO)
- CalPERS CEO Ben Meng Already Reforming ESG (CIO)
- Emerging Managers Offer Co-Investment Rights to Attract LPs (PEI)
- 4 Takeaways from Emerging Manager Connect 2019 (PEI)
- Emerging Manager Report (PEH)
Fees and Terms
- Evolution of Shrinking Hedge Fund Fees (HW)
- Private Funds Weigh in on Advertising Rule Changes (PI)
- HK's Carried Interest Reform Could Make Them a Tax Haven (PEI)
- FoFs in PE Started Using AI to Lower Cost (RN)
- SEC Will Pay Close Attention to Investment Advisors in 2020 (CIO)
- Fee Competition Hasn't Lowered Prices Due to High Expense (II)
- CalPERS Alters 'Customised Investment Account' Policy (Pei)
- TRS of Texas Beats Quant Firm in Cutting Trading Costs (II)
Emerging Markets
- US Solar Industry Powers Ahead as Investors Back Batteries (FT)
- Hong Kong Turmoil Triggers Singapore Fund Licence Surge (FT)
- Asia Has Significant Unrealized Value Due to Tricky Exit (PEI)
- Kellogg Foundation Says to Invest in Artificial Intelligence (CIO)
- KKR: 'Best Opportunities Are Outside the US' (PEI)
- French Banks Are Opaque, but Their Private Debt Is Growing (PDI)
- Growth-Oriented Technology Investments Are Hot (PEI)
- What Latin American Pension Funds Are Looking for (PEI)
Direct / Co-Investment
- RSIC's New Co-Investment Program (CIO)
- Health Care Systems Clamor for Co - Investments (II)
- Board Wants CalPERS to Start Co-Investing (PH)
- PE Clients Turn to Co-investments to Reduce Costs (PEN)
- Co-investment Growth Leads to Uncertainty Over Terms (PEI)
- CalSTRS: ‘Co-investments should be increased’ (PEI)
- Infrastructure Funds Are Hauling in Record Amounts of Cash (B)
- Morgan Stanley Raises $516M fo HF Co-Investments (BB)
Potpourri
- Asset Managers' Sales Jargon and IR Excuses Decoded (II)
- There Are More Funds Run by 'Davids' Than by Women (CAM)
- How Fed's Balance Sheet Expansion Pushes Stocks Higher (ZH)
- Oxfam Reveals Shocking Wealth and Gender Disparity (CIO)
- Deloitte Survey Says, M&A Will Rise in 2020, Just Not as Fast (CIO)
- Too Much Volatility Makes Value Premium Hard to Track (II)
- Low Fertility: Choice, Deferment, and Now Toxicity (GMO)
- How Digital Design Drives User Behavior (HBR)