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How Should The Financial Markets Be Regulated?, Tamar Frankel
How Should The Financial Markets Be Regulated?, Tamar Frankel
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The financial markets should be regulated mostly by examinations, not by prosecution. And examinations should be far more intense when prices rise, not after a crash.
Private Investment Funds: Hedge Funds' Regulation By Size, Tamar Frankel
Private Investment Funds: Hedge Funds' Regulation By Size, Tamar Frankel
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This Article focuses on hedge funds-a species of private investment funds. These funds appeared in the 1950s and remained active but small. Then, in a fairly short period, they grew enormously to over $1.5 trillion, although the estimates vary.1 Hedge fund managers engage in more than twenty-five different categories of investment strategies.2 Since 2002, the number of hedge funds has more than doubled to an estimated 9,000 funds,3 and their assets have grown by 400% to an estimated $1.4 trillion since 1999.4 Other estimates are higher, suggesting current hedge fund assets at $2 trillion and their …