Outlook for Actice Asset Management no so bright

Morgan Stanley on active managers - Business Insider

AllianceBernstein tries Performance Fees

The basic fee of 0.05% in case the funds underperform are quite meagre, will this approach be sustainable? The fee income has to pay for a lot of expenses. The comp for CEO Peter Kraus alone ($6.35 Mio according to Yahoo) would need a fund volume of 12.7 Billion (!!) to pay for, and that leaves NOTHING for any other costs!
AllianceBernstein Fires the Latest Shot in the Fee Wars (Barron's, PayWall)

The Dystopian Future of Price Discrimination

Time for our Solons to stamp out any incipient abuses. Start with Google - ban collecting search history, ban selling slots on search results, then Amazon - break up the business, own sales and agency sales, Apple - divest from content sales

The Dystopian Future of Price Discrimination - Bloomberg View