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Hedge Funds / Public
- 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)
- Element Capital Hikes Fees to 40%, Defying Industry Trends (BB)
- The Life Cycle of Hedge Fund Managers (PRO)
- The Hedge-Fund Shakeout (YT)
- Don’t Miss out on This Historic Investment Opportunity (B)
- Hedge Fund Managers Tend to Keep Funds Small (II)
Private Equity / Venture
- These Are the Top Private Equity Pension Funds in America (CIO)
- SoftBank Plans to Launch Second Vision Fund with $108bn (FT)
- Luck and Reputation Matter in Venture Capital. Skill Doesn’t.(II)
- Credit Is a Cycle: Global Market Outlook (YT)
- Distressed Debt Traders Have Tons of Cash and Nothing to Buy (BB)
- The Age of Private Equity and Credit (BI)
- 'Cov-Lite' Leveraged Loans Reach 95% in Some Markets (BI)
- Pay Attention to a New Bill To Rein In Private Equity (NC)
Real Assets
- 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)
- Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate Plunges (F)
- 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)
Hedge Funds / Public
- 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)
- Element Capital Hikes Fees to 40%, Defying Industry Trends (BB)
- The Life Cycle of Hedge Fund Managers (PRO)
- The Hedge-Fund Shakeout (YT)
- Don’t Miss out on This Historic Investment Opportunity (B)
- Hedge Fund Managers Tend to Keep Funds Small (II)
Private Equity / Venture
- These Are the Top Private Equity Pension Funds in America (CIO)
- SoftBank Plans to Launch Second Vision Fund with $108bn (FT)
- Luck and Reputation Matter in Venture Capital. Skill Doesn’t.(II)
- Credit Is a Cycle: Global Market Outlook (YT)
- Distressed Debt Traders Have Tons of Cash and Nothing to Buy (BB)
- The Age of Private Equity and Credit (BI)
- 'Cov-Lite' Leveraged Loans Reach 95% in Some Markets (BI)
- Pay Attention to a New Bill To Rein In Private Equity (NC)
Real Assets
- 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)
- Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate Plunges (F)
- 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)
Managers(GPs)
- Only Two Types of Asset Managers Will Survive in 10 Years (II)
- Berkshire’s Cash Pile Hits a Record $122 Billion (BB)
- Barrack to Step down as Colony Capital Chief Executive (FT)
- Howard Marks: Lower Rates Aren’t ‘Necessarily Good News’ (II)
- Oaktree Letter: On the Other Hand (OAK)
- Richard Perry Hugged Barneys To Death (DB)
- How Bill Ackman Turned a Lost Proxy Battle Into $1.2 Billion (II)
- The David Rubenstein Show: Warren Buffett (BB)
Allocators(LPs)
- Dysfunction Cost Cornell $700M, Can a New Team Fix It? (II)
- David Swensen Is Great for Yale. Is He Horrible for Investing? (II)
- Amherst College moves endowment office to Boston (ML)
- GPIF's Alignment Push Sparks Sharp Fee Drop (PI)
- Family Offices Are Diving into New Markets (FT)
- Pure-Play Consultants Become Rare Breed Amid Consolidation (PI)
- MITIMCo: The Last Decade: What We Feel Good About (MIT)
- Sovereign Wealth Funds Overview (PB)
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
- 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)
- Who Smashed the Ramp to American Dream? Wall Street (CIO)
- Some Bulls Say It’s Starting to Feel Like 2016 All Over Again (B)
Fear / Pessimism
- 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)
- UBS Chief Says Cutting Interest Rates May Not Be Good Idea (CIO)
- 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)
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
- 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)
- Warren Buffett’s Case for Capitalism (NYT)
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
- 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)
- LIBOR Could Be Phased out in Less Than Three Years (PEI)
- Private Equity Needs to Be Reigned In (F)
- The Index Effect Is Now Ineffectual (CIO)
- Impact of Financial Expertise and Networks on Investing (SSRN)
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 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
- 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
- Current Nominal Yield Curve (AAI)
- Citi Takes the Lead in Asia Sales (II)
- Dr. Michael Burry Of 'Big Short' Likes Asian Stocks (FB)
- Factors of Top-Performing Investment Teams (CFA)
- 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)