Below is a look at what we are reading this week outside of the four corners of Fund Finance:
PitchBook has studied typical capital call timelines over fund lifecycles to help investors manage their liquidity. [PitchBook]
The market is predicting the Fed will cut interest rates another quarter point later this month, primarily based on uncertainty driven by trade disagreements. [Wall Street Journal]
Capitalism is increasingly being questioned as wealth and income distribution concentrate. [CNBC]
Spotlight on how investors fund their commitments: News that CalPERS is considering leveraging its portfolio has put the spotlight on the risks and merits of institutional investors taking on systematic borrowing. [PEI]
GP focus on Change of Control provisions in LPAs: GPs eyeing potential capital from the fund of firms market are building in legal requisites to ensure such transactions could happen without LP consent. [PEI]
Fisherman Benjamin Grunder reportedly caught a massive nine-foot Wels catfish on the River Po in Italy. [The Epoch Times]