Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Are alpha males worse investors? – The Economist
- Treasury $258 Billion Bond Auction Is Hogging All the Attention – Bloomberg
- Private Equity: Overvalued and Overrated? – American Affairs Journal
- Bitcoin nearly doubles in value from year’s low hit in early February – Reuters
- Why Is It So Hard for Democracy to Deal With Inequality? – NY Times
- The Case for Global Small Caps Is Strengthening – Fortune Financial Advisers
Americas:
- San Francisco Spends $30 Million Cleaning Feces, Needles – NBC
- Supreme Court Rejects Hedge Funds on Fannie, Freddie Suits – Bloomberg
- On the link between US pay and productivity – VOX
- How Banks Could Control Gun Sales if Washington Won’t – NY Times
- Mueller’s interest in Kushner grows to include foreign financing efforts – CNN
Europe:
- ‘No Cash’ Signs Everywhere Has Sweden Worried It’s Gone Too Far – Bloomberg
- Boris Johnson ’said Brexit was a mess’ during private meeting with German officials – The Telegraph
- Latvian ECB official won’t resign, rejects bribes report – AP
- Bank staff gloated about buying failing customers’ property for their own homes – Mirror Online
- The EU’s hard line on financial services reeks of hypocrisy – The Times
- Key EU banker accused of bribery, Russia ties – AP
- Why the Global Banking Spotlight Is Shining on Latvia – Bloomberg
- The European Parliament is to call for Britain to have ’privileged’ single market access after Brexit – Business Insider
- Corbyn Vows to Stop Hostile Bids and Humble the City of London – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Pence was set to meet with North Korean officials during the Olympics before last-minute cancellation – Washington Post
- South Korean Cryptocurrency Regulator Found Dead at Home – WSJ
- How does Chinese tech stack up against American tech? – The Economist
- A $30 Trillion Debt Forces China to Confront Its Zombie Economy – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- A public broadcaster that bows to political pressure isn’t doing its job – The Conversation
- Australian Government Refuses to Support the Games Industry Despite Overseas Success – News.com.au
- Revealed: Matt Canavan fails to declare family home – The New Daily
- The public doesn’t buy the economic theory the government is selling – The Guardian
- A public broadcaster that bows to political pressure isn’t doing its job – The Conversation
- Anti-Adani documentary screening axed for safety reasons, not politics, council says – ABC
- Australians unswayed by royal engagement as support for monarchy hits record low – The Guardian
- All in on renewable energy: Jay Weatherill to ramp up SA target to 75% – The Guardian
- Dutton proposes pledge of loyalty to Australia for schoolchildren – The SBS
- Joyce says no conflict of interest between inland rail and properties – The Guardian
- This Mysterious Chinese Political Donor Is Being Sued For $1m In Unpaid Wages – BuzzFeed
- The business tax cut will go straight into my pocket – Medium
- Hobart currently has the lowest ever rental vacancy rate of any city in Australia – The Mercury
- Fairfax profits tumble 54% as company flags it will ‘take advantage’ of media consolidation – Mumbrella
- Barnaby Joyce loses support of WA Nationals, says state leader Mia Davies – ABC
- ‘Bizarre’: NSW government urged costly buyback of Darling River water – The SMH
- Treasury and RBNZ at odds over who should set interest rates – Interest.co.nz
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