Mercatus Center – The paper, by Marian Moszoro and Michael Bykhovsky, uses Federal Election Commission data to identify equity fund managers by their political contributions. If the managers at a fund gave to only one of the two major political parties, that fund is then classified as having an intellectual or ideological connection to that party.
OK, so who wins this politically fraught horse race? Asnswer here
Gerard Ryle led the international team that divulged the Panama Papers, the 11.5 million leaked documents from 40 years of activity of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca that have offered an unprecedented glimpse into the scope and methods of the secretive world of offshore finance. Hear the story behind the biggest collaborative journalism project in history. Full story here
Source: Monday Note
Stephen Galloway – The Hollywood Reporter:
For 100 years, Hollywood has been defined by the majors. That may be about to change.
The studios lost the first pillar of their empire when they were forced to give up theaters. They lost the second pillar when they ended the “factory” system through which they held talent in their control. They lost the third pillar when rivals such as Netflix managed to create their own libraries. Now there’s only one pillar left: distribution. And soon that will be gone, too. Facinating all together here
(Adage.com) – CEO of Major Facebook Publisher: ‘This Is a Big Change for All Publishers’
The media industry responded predictably to an announcement from Facebook Thursday that articles using so-called “clickbait” headline tropes will get lower billing in the social giant’s all-important News Feed product, which publishers rely on for sweet, sweet referral traffic. (Sponsored posts will not be affected by Facebook’s efforts to target clickbait, a spokeswoman confirmed.)
Full article here
Awesome delight, pure joy, five star *****
(Bloomberg) — Bloomberg View columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, Pinker has also taught at Stanford and MIT. His research on vision, language, and social relations has won prizes from the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, and the American Psychological Association. This interview aired on Bloomberg Radio. Click here to listen.
…Insider traders are younger than their associates, less likely to own real estate, and have fewer family members on average. More than half have criminal records, with almost all charges stemming from traffic violations. Originally posted by Tyler Cowen – read the whole piece on Bloomberg View here.
Fresh from the NBER oven…
The portfolio management sector oversees vast amounts of investment, for individuals, pension funds, universities and many other institutions, and one of the most frequently asked questions in this area of finance is whether these managers earn their keep. A team of researchers, including the University of Chicago’s Joseph Gerakos (above), looked into the matter and presented some answers at the recent NBER Conference on New Developments in Long-Term Asset Management. View a video of the presentation, read a summary of their findings, or download their paper on the conference page. All nine conference presentations and papers are indexed here.
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