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How Should The Financial Markets Be Regulated?, Tamar Frankel Oct 2008

How Should The Financial Markets Be Regulated?, Tamar Frankel

Faculty Scholarship

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 Apr 2008

Private Investment Funds: Hedge Funds' Regulation By Size, Tamar Frankel

Faculty Scholarship

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 …


The Eighth Annual A.A. Sommer, Jr. Lecture On Corporate, Securities, And Financial Law, William Michael Treanor, Ben A. Indek, Jill E. Fisch, Paul S. Atkins Jan 2008

The Eighth Annual A.A. Sommer, Jr. Lecture On Corporate, Securities, And Financial Law, William Michael Treanor, Ben A. Indek, Jill E. Fisch, Paul S. Atkins

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Evaluating The Mission: A Critical Review Of The History And Evolution Of The Sec Enforcement Program, Paul S. Atkins, Bradley J. Bondi Jan 2008

Evaluating The Mission: A Critical Review Of The History And Evolution Of The Sec Enforcement Program, Paul S. Atkins, Bradley J. Bondi

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Fin Rah!...A Welcome Change: Why The Merger Was Necessary To Preserve U.S. Market Integrity, Yesenia Cervantes Jan 2008

Fin Rah!...A Welcome Change: Why The Merger Was Necessary To Preserve U.S. Market Integrity, Yesenia Cervantes

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


How Arbitrary Really Was The S.E.C.'S "Hedge Fund Rule"? The Future Of Hedge Fund Regulation In Light Of Goldstein, Amaranth Advisors, And Beyond, Joshua Hess Jan 2008

How Arbitrary Really Was The S.E.C.'S "Hedge Fund Rule"? The Future Of Hedge Fund Regulation In Light Of Goldstein, Amaranth Advisors, And Beyond, Joshua Hess

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


In Re Cardinal Health, Inc. Securities Litigation, Lucas T. Charleston Jan 2008

In Re Cardinal Health, Inc. Securities Litigation, Lucas T. Charleston

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.