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Hedge Funds / Public
- Hedge Funds Fight for Asia Talent With Bonuses, Training (BB)
- Hedge Funds Keep Losing Assets — But Hiring Fundraisers (II)
- FOMO Driving Hedge Funds Back Out Of Cash (WA)
- The World's Best-Performing Hedge Fund Is Up 278% This Year(FA)
- "Unicorns" and Their Hedge Fund Investors Are Under Pressure (II)
- HF Chasing 400% Return Show Risk in China's Wild Market (BB)
- HF Caxton Moves Headquarters from New York to London (FT)
- From Fitbits to Rokus, HFs Mine Data for Consumer Habits (BB)
Private Equity / Venture
- Private Equity Has Been Booming, but Public Markets Push Back (TI)
- Singapore Best Place For Private Equity Firms (TI)
- Private Equity Should Embrace the Political Storm (PEH)
- Asia Is a Key Part of Global PE Activity: Bain & Co (DSA)
- Secondaries Special Report (PEI)
- GPs Take Charge on Change of Control Provisions Report (PEI)
- In Credit Markets, the Private Equity ‘Jockey’ Matters (II)
- PE Managers Are Turning to Loans Instead of Investors(II)
Real Assets
- Falling Rents in New York, Boston Hold Back U.S. Core Inflation (BB)
- Bidding Wars for Homes Hit a Decade Low (CNBC)
- US Home Building Climbs 12.3% in August to 12-Year High (NYT)
- Stephen Ross: Housing Market Slowdown Will Happen (BI)
- No Sign the Change Has Brought Down Home Prices (NYT)
- Mortgage Rates Provide a Break for Weak Housing Market (CIO)
- Investors Still Want High-Profile Hotels and Big Portfolios (NREI)
- Slowing Architecture Business a Bad Sign for Real Estate (CNBC)
Hedge Funds / Public
- Hedge Funds Fight for Asia Talent With Bonuses, Training (BB)
- Hedge Funds Keep Losing Assets — But Hiring Fundraisers (II)
- FOMO Driving Hedge Funds Back Out Of Cash (WA)
- The World's Best-Performing Hedge Fund Is Up 278% This Year(FA)
- "Unicorns" and Their Hedge Fund Investors Are Under Pressure (II)
- HF Chasing 400% Return Show Risk in China's Wild Market (BB)
- HF Caxton Moves Headquarters from New York to London (FT)
- From Fitbits to Rokus, HFs Mine Data for Consumer Habits (BB)
Private Equity / Venture
- Private Equity Has Been Booming, but Public Markets Push Back (TI)
- Singapore Best Place For Private Equity Firms (TI)
- Private Equity Should Embrace the Political Storm (PEH)
- Asia Is a Key Part of Global PE Activity: Bain & Co (DSA)
- Secondaries Special Report (PEI)
- GPs Take Charge on Change of Control Provisions Report (PEI)
- In Credit Markets, the Private Equity ‘Jockey’ Matters (II)
- PE Managers Are Turning to Loans Instead of Investors(II)
Real Assets
- Falling Rents in New York, Boston Hold Back U.S. Core Inflation (BB)
- Bidding Wars for Homes Hit a Decade Low (CNBC)
- US Home Building Climbs 12.3% in August to 12-Year High (NYT)
- Stephen Ross: Housing Market Slowdown Will Happen (BI)
- No Sign the Change Has Brought Down Home Prices (NYT)
- Mortgage Rates Provide a Break for Weak Housing Market (CIO)
- Investors Still Want High-Profile Hotels and Big Portfolios (NREI)
- Slowing Architecture Business a Bad Sign for Real Estate (CNBC)
Managers(GPs)
- Asset Managers Say They're Into ESG. Products Say Otherwise (II)
- Jim Simons Reveals His Secret to 39.1% Returns for 30 Years (FR)
- Two Sigma Competes with BlackRock's Aladdin (II)
- A Sign That PE Will Lead The Next Meltdown (FB)
- SoftBank Reported A Huge Loss Of $8.9B From WeWork & Uber (FB)
- "What It Takes" by Steven Schwarzman Book Review (WSJ)
- Oaktree Looks to China, Private Debt Amid Distressed Drought (BB)
- Warren Buffett Is Quiet about Stocks With a Distressing Signal (BB)
Allocators(LPs)
- The $16 Trillion Global Pension Crisis (PP)
- CalSTRS Sees a Big Drop in Carried Interest (PP)
- Top 20 Endowment and Foundation CIOs (CIO)
- Public Pensions Equity Allocation Back to Pre-Recession Levels (CIO)
- Caisse Warns of Giant Risk in Private Debt (PP)
- 3 Ways Endowments Can Adopt Sustainable Investing (JM)
- Public Pensions - An Economic Time Bomb (PP)
- OCIO Growth in 2019: The Party's Over (CK)
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
- Sustainable Investment Skeptics are Becoming Believers (CIO)
- ESG Funding Skyrocketed in 2018 (CIO)
- Current Nominal Yield Curve (RA)
- 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)
Fear / Pessimism
- Hamilton Lane Flashes Warning on Buyout Funds (II)
- Want to Rake in Fund Fees? Leave the U.S. Market (II)
- Charging Too Much (Or Too Little) in Fees Can Be Fatal for AMs (II)
- A Third of Fund Managers Predict Recession in the Next Year (II)
- Michael Burry Says He Has Found the Next Market Bubble (CNBC)
- A Tactical Approach to Global Credit Investing (OAK)
- 'Cov-Lite' Leveraged Loans Reach 95% in Some Markets (BI)
- 3 Things That Threaten the Stock Rally (CIO)
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
- 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)
- Warren Buffett's lunch with crypto whiz kid Justin Sun (MI)
- 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)
China
- HF Chasing 400% Return Show Risk in China's Wild Market (BB)
- China Reaching Parity with U.S. on the Fortune Global 500 (F)
- Fink Says Multinationals Are Bailing from China (CIO)
- 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)
Opinions / Academia
- 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)
- The Good Side of Buy-And-Hold (VW)
- Are You Happier Making More Money or Having More Time? (HBR)
- Prediction: The Most Profitable Pockets of Asset Management (II)
- The Future Of Startups Is In Europe (FB)
- Lifting Barriers for Diversity and Inclusion (YT)
Publications & Presentations
- Fiscal 50: State Trends and Analysis (PT)
- 2019 Global Hedge Fund Industry Outlook (RH)
- Do Private Equity Funds Manipulate Reported Returns? (SSRN)
- PE Performance: Returns, Persistence and Capital Flows (SSRN)
- How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions? (SSRN)
- Understanding Credit Facilities in Private Equity Funds (SSRN)
- 2019 Fintech Trends to Watch (CBI)
- Data Driven Venture Capital (CBI)
Emerging Managers / Emerging Companies
- Emerging Managers Offer Co-Investment Rights to Attract LPs (PEI)
- 4 Takeaways from Emerging Manager Connect 2019 (PEI)
- Emerging Manager Report (PEH)
- 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)
Fees and Terms
- Carried Interest Tax Rules Slated for 2020, Official Says (BB)
- ILPA Creates ‘Model LPA’ Featuring Whole-Of-Fund Waterfall (PEI)
- 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)
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
- When Americans Reach $100k in Savings (FD)
- CFIUS Expands Review of Foreign Investment in the US (PI)
- Autism's Effect on a Career in Investments (II)
- Broken Homes Produce More Cautious Fund Managers (II)
- Ebitda Add Backs Are so Hot Right Now (FT)
- The Value of 100 Shares in Tech Stocks Purchased at the IPO (VW)
- Current Nominal Yield Curve (AAI)
- Citi Takes the Lead in Asia Sales (II)