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Dr. Jones And The Raiders Of Lost Capital: Hedge Fund Regulation, Part Ii, John W. Verret

John W Verret

Hedge funds can sometimes achieve remarkable returns. The market fees exceed that of other asset classes, leading some fund managers to engage in illicit behavior, including fraud, that violates their duty to their investors and tempts institutional investors to violate their fiduciary duty to their principals. I will examine the hedge fund registration requirement struck down during the summer of 2006, as well as the tools used by other regulators to oversee institutional investors. This study relies on a survey of literature on financial regulation, commentary on the hedge fund registration rule, models of self-regulation, and examples in other areas …