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Hedge Funds / Public
- Hedge Funds Reverse Two-Month Redemption Trend in May (O)
- Hedge Fund Execs Convicted of Fraud (II)
- The Hottest Hands in Hedge Funds (II)
- Hedge Funds Perform in First Half of 2019 (CIO)
- Quant Funds Are Struggling to Keep Up (II)
- Quant Strategies Are Struggling (CIO)
- JPMorgan Pushing AI in Hedge Funds (BB)
- Factors Behind Hedge Fund Performance (N)
Private Equity / Venture
- Dyal Looking at Credit Again (PEI)
- Opportunistic Anchors in High Core Valuations (PERE)
- Fundraising Report H1 2019 (PERE)
- Data Driven Venture Capital (CBI)
- Number of Mega-Funding Venture Capital Rounds Hits Record (FT)
- Abraaj Collapse Spurs Private Equity Rethink (AT)
- Wall Street’s Great Ice Cream Buyout (WSJ)
- PE's Race for Mega-Funds Is Leaving a Mountain of Dry Powder (PB)
Real Assets
- GE Sells Solar-Business Stake to Blackrock (BB)
- U.S. Housing Market Stuck in a Rut Despite Mortgage Rates (R)
- Risk Is Ramping up in Property Revived CLOs (BB)
- Connaught Place 9th Most Expensive Office Location (HT)
- Hotelizing Real Estate Through Co-Living (PERE)
- Affordable Urban Housing Can Be an Attractive Strategy (IPE)
- Paul Tudor Jones: Gold Has Everything Going for It (MW)
- Trends That Could Define the Residential Market in 2019 (PERE)
Hedge Funds / Public
- Hedge Funds Reverse Two-Month Redemption Trend in May (O)
- Hedge Fund Execs Convicted of Fraud (II)
- The Hottest Hands in Hedge Funds (II)
- Hedge Funds Perform in First Half of 2019 (CIO)
- Quant Funds Are Struggling to Keep Up (II)
- Quant Strategies Are Struggling (CIO)
- JPMorgan Pushing AI in Hedge Funds (BB)
- Factors Behind Hedge Fund Performance (N)
Private Equity / Venture
- Dyal Looking at Credit Again (PEI)
- Opportunistic Anchors in High Core Valuations (PERE)
- Fundraising Report H1 2019 (PERE)
- Data Driven Venture Capital (CBI)
- Number of Mega-Funding Venture Capital Rounds Hits Record (FT)
- Abraaj Collapse Spurs Private Equity Rethink (AT)
- Wall Street’s Great Ice Cream Buyout (WSJ)
- PE's Race for Mega-Funds Is Leaving a Mountain of Dry Powder (PB)
Real Assets
- GE Sells Solar-Business Stake to Blackrock (BB)
- U.S. Housing Market Stuck in a Rut Despite Mortgage Rates (R)
- Risk Is Ramping up in Property Revived CLOs (BB)
- Connaught Place 9th Most Expensive Office Location (HT)
- Hotelizing Real Estate Through Co-Living (PERE)
- Affordable Urban Housing Can Be an Attractive Strategy (IPE)
- Paul Tudor Jones: Gold Has Everything Going for It (MW)
- Trends That Could Define the Residential Market in 2019 (PERE)
Managers(GPs)
- Ray Dalio Calls for Investing in Gold (CIO)
- Navab Capital Set to Wind Down Following Founder’s Death (II)
- Investor Calls on Ackman to Stop Sale of Bonds (FT)
- Joe Landy to Step Aside as Warburg Pincus Co-Ceo (PIO)
- Warburg Pincus's Joseph Landry to Step Down (PEI)
- Partners Group Focusing on Directs (PEI)
- Warburg MD Joins Former Colleague at China's Centurium (PEI)
- How Alex Navab’s Legacy Will Continue to Shape Private Equity (PEI)
Allocators(LPs)
- ADIA to Spruce up Direct PE Investments (DSA)
- Eaton Partners LP Pulse Survey (EP)
- Class of 2019 NextGens (CIO)
- Brazil’s Lower House Delays Pension Reform Vote (CIO)
- Japan’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Becomes World’s Largest (CIO)
- Robin Diamonte to Recieve 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award (CIO)
- M&A Activity Regarding Asset Manager Mergers (II)
- CalPERS Private Prison Divestment (CIO)
Blockchain
- 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)
- Tim Draper to Meet With Facebook on Crypto Fund (BB)
- Harvard's Endowment Fund Invests in Blockstack Tokens (CI)
- Why Is Harvard's Endowment Jumping Into Crypto? (I)
Greed / Optimism
- Negative Interest Rates Take Investors into Surreal Territory (FT)
- A Signal Contrary to the Inverted Yield Curve (CIO)
- The Rising Importance of Creativity in the Asian PE Market (O)
- Staying Away From Stocks Wasn't a Good Idea (BB)
- How Long Will the Stock Rally Keep Going? (CIO)
- Who Smashed the Ramp to American Dream? Wall Street (CIO)
- Some Bulls Say It’s Starting to Feel Like 2016 All Over Again (B)
- Africa Special: The Tailwinds behind Kenya's PE Growth (PEI)
Fear / Pessimism
- MSCI Warns of Another Woodford-Like Liquidity Crisis (II)
- Schroders Urges to Sell Your Leveraged Loans (II)
- New Mexico Anticipates Shallow Recession (CIO)
- Roubini: The Risk of a 2020 Financial Crash Is Growing (FN)
- Managers Fear Suspension Has Damaged Industry Reputation (IW)
- Why Alts Are Burgeoning: Naked Fear (CIO)
- Trade War Tensions Put a Halt to the 2019 Stock Rally (BB)
- The Coming Pension Crisis Will Affect Everyone (SA)
Occupy: Alts
- 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)
- Stepping Away From Traditional Alternative Investing (II)
- Inside Japan Post Insurance $10B Alternative Investment Plan (PEI)
Buffett / Berkshire
- After Underperformance, Buffett Should Retire On Top (F)
- Buffett Denies Rift With 3G Capital Over Kraft Heinz Troubles (B)
- Buffett Questions Private Equity’s Returns (BB)
- Warren Buffett Gave up on Beating the S&P 500 (MW)
- Warren Buffett’s Case for Capitalism (NYT)
- Buffett Slams Private Equity at Berkshire Hathaway Meeting (BB)
- Warren Buffett:"I'm Having More Fun Than Any Of My Peers" (FT)
- Warren Buffett: The Greatest Factor Investor of All Time? (FR)
China
- China Startup Deals Shrink as Fundraising Plummets (TC)
- The Potential of a US China Trade Pact (CIO)
- TIFF Insights: Investing in China (TIFF)
- China's 'Herd Mentality' Could Threaten VC Returns (PEI)
- Effect of Extended Trade War on China Investment Strategy (CA)
- China's VC Boom Shows Signs of Turning into a Bust (BB)
- Hong Kong's Extradition Crisis Is a Headwind for Private Equity (FEI)
- Amateur Quants Are Suddenly Everywhere in China (BB)
Opinions / Academia
- Impact of Financial Expertise and Networks on Investing (SSRN)
- SEC Exam Interview Preparation Checklist (HFL)
- A Primer on Compliance Issues for Credit Strategies (HFL)
- Fund Managers Protection from Claims of Misrepresentation (HFL)
- The Life Cycle of Corporate Venture Capital (Y)
- Companies Invest in Startups to Repair Weaknesses (Y)
- Establishing Private Funds in the E.U. Under AIFMD (HFL)
- Significant Penalties for Undervaluing Fund Assets (HFL)
Publications & Presentations
- 2019 Fintech Trends to Watch (CBI)
- Data Driven Venture Capital (CBI)
- Eaton Partners LP Pulse Survey (EP)
- NACUBO 2019 Perceptions and Priorities (NACUBO)
- Howard Marks Letter: This Time It's Different (OT)
- Letter to Shareholders from Jamie Dimon, Annual Report 2018 (JPM)
- 10th Annual CIO Summit Insights (CIO)
- Major Asset Classes: April 2019 Performance Review (SA)
Emerging Managers / Emerging Companies
- Emerging Managers See Surge in Fundraising (PEH)
- Emerging Managers Benefiting From Changing Landscape (TF)
- NYC Retirement Expands Emerging Managers Program (PI)
- 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)
Fees and Terms
- Does it Pay to Pay Performance Fees? (TF)
- Management Fees Remain a Sticking Point (PEI)
- The Persistence of High-Fee Index Funds (WM)
- 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)
Emerging Markets
- Abraaj Collapse Spurs Private Equity Rethink (AT)
- Promising Second-Tier Emerging Markets (CIO)
- JPMorgan Raises 2019 Brazil Stocks Target, Cuts Regional Peers (BB)
- Asia Stocks Rise as Rate Cut Hopes Build Up (R)
- Now Is the Best Time to Invest in Emerging Markets (PEI)
- Southeast Asia Bucks Trend of Sinking Global FDI (NK)
- Emerging Markets Not Worth the Risk (CNBC)
- Emerging Market: Asian Economic Powerhouse India (FC)
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
- A Gigantic Gold Coin Makes Its Way to Wall Street (WSJ)
- Ex-Credit Suisse Banked Capitalizing on Cannabis (BB)
- Entries Open for OpEx Awards 2019 (PEI)
- Gundlach: Trump Will Win or Could Pull out of 2020 Election (FOX)
- BAML CEO Advocates for 'Cashless Society' (F)
- Response to "America Has Too Little Capitalism" (II)
- With a Big Cash Infusion, a Nonprofit Zeroes in on Data Privacy (IP)
- Ex-Barclays John Varley Cleared of Qatar Fraud Charges (CAM)