U.S.
Regulations of Hedge Funds Shartsis Friese
This authoritative resource surveys federal securities laws
and rules applicable to the organization, capitalization and
operations of private U.S. domestic investment partnerships
that invest and trade mainly in the public securities markets.
Don't
over-regulate hedge funds Feb 14, 2007. Reuters
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday that
U.S. authorities must take care not to stifle financial innovation
by over-regulating the derivatives and hedge fund industries.
Connecticut
considers new hedge fund rules 13 Feb 2007. eFinancialNews
State lawmakers in Connecticut are considering bills aimed
at increasing scrutiny of hedge funds as regulators try to
enforce stricter controls in the industry in the wake of several
high-profile collapses.
Paulson
Tells G7 to Let Markets Regulate Hedge Funds 11 Feb 2007. Reuters
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson made clear on Saturday
that he thinks any risks posed by lightly regulated hedge
funds can be handled through market discipline without adding
heavy government regulators. "Market discipline, focusing
on the risk management of regulated counterparties, is the
most effective way to address potential systemic risk concerns,"
Paulson.
Regulation
and the hedge fund industry: An ongoing dialogue Speech by Dan Waters, Asset Management
Sector Leader, FSA, 8 Feb 2005
"I am delighted to have the opportunity to address the
rapidly growing community of people involved and interested
in hedge funds. Among the people increasingly interested in
hedge funds, you may or may not be pleased to know, are regulators
like me. Hedge funds and regulation were, until relatively
recently, often seen as occupying the opposite ends of the
spectrum. The explosive growth of the hedge funds sector,
if I may roughly characterise it as such, has led to more
attention from us. But the FSA is a not regulator that is
interested in regulation for the sake of it."
Investor
Protection and the Regulation of Hedge Funds Advisers U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
The hedge fund industry is attracting a broader universe of
investors and is growing at an extremely rapid pace. It is
estimated that assets under management by U.S. hedge funds
are approaching $1 trillion dollars. Because of their use
of leverage, and rapid trading strategies, hedge funds can
have a disproportionate impact on investors — large
and small — in our markets and on the markets themselves
relative to that almost $1 trillion dollars.
SEC
Issues Proposed Rules Affecting Hedge Funds And Other Pooled
Investment Vehicles 18 January 2007. Mondaq
On December 27, 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission
published two sets of proposed new rules. Many pooled investment
vehicles, including hedge funds, venture capital funds, private
equity funds, listed closed-end funds, and mutual funds, will
be affected by one or both sets of rules.
Regulators
see dangers in hedge fund collateral January 30 2007. Financial Times
US, UK and European regulators have expressed concern in recent
meetings that investment banks may be allowing hedge funds
to increase their borrowing capacity using collateral that
could lose its value rapidly in a financial crisis.
SEC's
Cox mulls more hedge fund regulation May 1, 2006. MarketWatch
Amid widening concern about the power and potential for hedge
funds to upset financial markets, the Securities and Exchange
Commission plans in the next 9 to 12 months to decide whether
to impose more regulations on the fast-growing industry, Chairman
Christopher Cox said Monday.
Hedge
fund managers will have to register with regulators in canada Globe and Mail
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), an umbrella
group for provincial securities commissions, said yesterday
it will introduce new registration requirements for fund managers
— those people who set up, operate, and promote fund
companies.
Hedge
funds to face tighter requirements in south africa Business Report
Johannesburg - The Financial Services Board (FSB) says hedge
funds will have to comply with more stringent requirements
once it formalises the industry-specific regulations.
Hedge
funds no longer required to register with SEC 6/26/2006 USA TODAY
NEW YORK — A court decision that throws out a rule requiring
hedge funds to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission
will make fighting fraud and keeping tabs on the secretive
industry more difficult. But it won't affect the SEC's current
ability to prosecute hedge funds that defraud investors or
engage in illegal trading.
Hedge
fund sales investigated August 17, 2005 CNN/Money
The NASD is looking into the way Wall Street's top firms are
marketing white-hot hedge funds to individuals.
SEC
to take close look at hedge funds 05/24/2002. Associated Press
The Securities and Exchange Commission is beginning a formal
fact-finding investigation of largely unregulated hedge funds
to determine if its traditional hands-off approach is in the
public interest, SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt.
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