It has been an eventful week, and it's easy to fall behind. Here are the 10 most important reads of the week.
Hong Kong’s Single-Family Offices -- Part I: The Old Money
Hong Kong has a special place in Asia’s financial landscape. As a former British colony for nearly 100 years, Hong Kong was the only capitalist economy in the greater China area for decades, and from it sprung a plethora of modern family businesses. Like their western counterparts, some of the biggest players today run family offices. Read more
Dartmouth CIO Pamela Peedin Resigns
Dartmouth College is currently seeking a new investment chief after CIO Pamela Peedin announced she will leave her position in June. Read more
CalPERS Just Revealed What It Pays Its Private Equity Money Managers
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System said on Monday it shared about 14% of the profit made on private equity investments in the past year with firms managing the money. Read more
Chief Investment Officers Gather In San Francisco To Discuss The Future Of Institutional Investing
A number of the United States’ top chief investment officers are due to gather in San Francisco next year to discuss the future of institutional investment and private markets. Read more
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US Farmland To See Worst Price Drop In 30 Years
Metlife says land prices are amid their "first significant correction since the mid-1980s", as official data show accelerating declines. Read more
These 18 Charts Prove LP Confidence in Venture Capital
3Q numbers show the venture reset is ongoing, though the decline in deal flow has been softer than some expected. At this pace, year-end VC invested could hit $74 billion—the second-highest tally of the decade. Read more
Ray Dalio: Expect Heightened Inflation Under Trump
"As for us, we chose not to bet on whether or not he would be elected and/or whether or not he would be prudent because we didn’t have an edge in predicting these things. We try to improve our odds of being right by knowing when not to bet, which was the case." Read more
New US Infrastructure Could Pop Real Estate Bubble: Jeff Greene
Billionaire investor Jeff Greene on the markets and the real estate sector after the presidential election. Read more
Liquidity Watch List: LPs May Get An Exit From 2 Maturing Firms
In October, Trusted Insight forecast that in the next 13 months Spotify, Spapchat, AppDynamics and Okta will issue an initial public offering and Lyft will likely be acquired. This month, we maintain those positions and will add two new private firms to the watch list. Read more
One Brutal Chart From The Biggest Hedge Fund In The World Explains What's Happening In The World
This chart from $150 billion Bridgewater Associates, the world’s biggest hedge fund, shows just how hard people across the US and Europe have been hit by globalization, and the loss of jobs to other countries and to technology. Read more