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	<title>AllAboutAlpha: Hedge Fund Trends &#38; Alternative Investment Analysis &#187; Hedge Fund Regulation</title>
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		<title>AIMA Takes Aim at FTT Proposal</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/18/aima-takes-aim-at-ftt-proposal/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/18/aima-takes-aim-at-ftt-proposal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[European Commission]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[AIMA, in a report sharply critical of the proposed European Union financial transaction tax, sets out the way in which the tax could burden businesses, and their consumers, to a degree far greater than the proponents contend. After all, any single product may pass through several stages between raw materials and final consumer, as there are several steps between farmer harvesting wheat and retail outlet, such as Tesco, selling pasta. Businesses at every stop along the way (farmers, wheat processers, pasta extruders) will naturally want to hedge their own operational risks in the financial markets, so the price of the finished product will reflect the repeated imposition of the FTT. ]]></description>
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		<title>Commodities: Position Limits and Arbitrage Possibilities</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/30/commodities-position-limits-and-arbitrage-possibilities/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/30/commodities-position-limits-and-arbitrage-possibilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23843</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
There is an old story often attributed to economist Burton Malkiel. A professor of finance and an undergraduate are walking together. They see what looks like a $100 bill lying on the sidewalk. The naïve student bends down to pick it up, but the professor says, “Don’t bother. If it were a real bill, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WMI Reorganization Produces Potentially Disruptive Bankruptcy Decision</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/19/wmi-reorganization-produces-potentially-disruptive-bankruptcy-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/19/wmi-reorganization-produces-potentially-disruptive-bankruptcy-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distressed assets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reorganization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subprime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WAMU]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The explosion of the subprime market may yet produce a significant change in the way investors and their managers with a distressed-assets strategy maneuver for advantage in the context of Chapter 11 proceedings]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fine Print As Yet Unwritten, But the Gist is Clear for OTC Derivatives</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/04/fine-print-as-yet-unwritten-but-the-gist-is-clear-for-otc-derivatives/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/04/fine-print-as-yet-unwritten-but-the-gist-is-clear-for-otc-derivatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Operations and Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[client]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[derivative technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investor dollars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[otc derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sitting on the fence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technological infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Clearing within ten days after the transaction (T+10) was once the norm, though it now seems archaic. Clearing overnight or in a once-a-day cycle will in the years ahead become equally unsatisfactory. It may soon “become standard practice for risk managers and eventually traders to demand proof that their trades have been cleared mere seconds after execution.”]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Babble of Many Taxes Scupper Hopes for Merger Mania and Cost Cutting under UCITS 4?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/30/will-the-babble-of-many-taxes-scupper-hopes-for-merger-mania-and-cost-cutting-under-ucits-4/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/30/will-the-babble-of-many-taxes-scupper-hopes-for-merger-mania-and-cost-cutting-under-ucits-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Operations and Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment Management Fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are high hopes that the new UCITS framework that took effect in July could herald rationalisation amongst Europe’s regulated hedge funds. While tax factors could slow down the process, UCITS has plenty of other growth drivers besides cost savings.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Court Decision May Muddy Activist Alpha Seekers&#8217; Strategies</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/01/court-decision-may-muddy-activist-alpha-seekers-strategies/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/01/court-decision-may-muddy-activist-alpha-seekers-strategies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance, Analytics & Metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As if there wasn't enough confusion in the roiling U.S. capital markets and regulatory environment, the U.S. Second Circuit Court has issued a decision that will make alpha that more elusive for hedge funds involved in shareholder activism. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Learning to swim in alpha-bet soup</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/14/learning-to-swim-in-alpha-bet-soup/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/14/learning-to-swim-in-alpha-bet-soup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21815</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's nothing like a good list of acronyms to confuse even the most immersed hedge fund aficionado. A new report by KPMG and RBC Dexia unintentionally takes the industry's affinity for acronyms up a notch. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Study finds &#8220;tantalizing insight into how hedge funds funds generate alpha.&#8221;  And it&#8217;s not how you think&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/05/26/study-finds-tantalizing-insight-into-how-hedge-funds-funds-generate-alpha-and-its-not-how-you-think/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/05/26/study-finds-tantalizing-insight-into-how-hedge-funds-funds-generate-alpha-and-its-not-how-you-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 00:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After being castigated in 2003 for their cozy relationship with their i-banking brethren, equity research departments are now accused of being in cahoots with the hedge fund community.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Guidance Statement on Alternative Investment Strategies and Structures</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/15/guidance-statement-on-alternative-investment-strategies-and-structures/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/15/guidance-statement-on-alternative-investment-strategies-and-structures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20538</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Global Investment Performance Standard
Published: April 2011
Abstract: In recent years, the definition of alternative investments has expanded beyond private equity and real estate to include such investments as hedge funds, derivative based strategies, and many other strategies. Other than private equity and real estate, alternative investments and portfolio structures have not been the subject of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fiduciary Alpha</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/12/fiduciary-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/12/fiduciary-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fiduciaries think of a client's needs before their own - sacrificing the latter if required. But does the requirement for a hedge fund manager to put their client's interests before their own help or hinder the search for alpha? It depends on who you ask.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A funny thing happened on the way to the Directive&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/10/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-directive/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/10/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-directive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A funny thing happened on the way to blaming hedge funds for the global financial crisis, formulating a new set of rules to monitor them, politically compromising and scaling back on those rules and then slamming them through. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can Factor Timing Explain Hedge Fund Alpha?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/17/can-factor-timing-explain-hedge-fund-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/17/can-factor-timing-explain-hedge-fund-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Hyuna Park 
Published: December 2010
Abstract: Hedge funds are in a better position than mutual funds in timing systematic risk factors because they are less regulated and thus have more freedom to use leverage and short sales. To examine whether factor timing is a source of hedge fund alpha, this paper decomposes excess return generated [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Assessing the possible sources of systemic risk from hedge funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/10/assessing-the-possible-sources-of-systemic-risk-from-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/10/assessing-the-possible-sources-of-systemic-risk-from-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19949</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By:  FSA 
Published: February 2011
Abstract: This paper sets out the results of the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) latest Hedge Fund Survey (HFS) conducted in September 2010 and the Hedge Fund as Counterparty Survey (HFACS) conducted in October 2010. These surveys help us to analyse the systemic risk posed by hedge funds and are conducted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could the latest twist in the Goldstein case help shine &#8220;disinfecting sunlight&#8221; on hedge funds?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/17/could-the-latest-twist-in-the-goldstein-case-help-shine-disinfecting-sunlight-on-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/17/could-the-latest-twist-in-the-goldstein-case-help-shine-disinfecting-sunlight-on-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 01:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18489</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hedge fund crusader Phil Goldstein is back in court appealing a verdict that he says is unconstitutional.  But this time around, the opinions of a small group of journalists, academics and students could have a profound and lasting impact on the way hedge funds communicate with the outside world.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Predicting Hedge Fund Fraud with Performance Flags</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/13/predicting-hedge-fund-fraud-with-performance-flags-2/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/13/predicting-hedge-fund-fraud-with-performance-flags-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18556</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Nicolas P. B. Bollen, Veronika Krepely Pool 
Published: January 2011
Abstract: Recent cases of hedge fund fraud have caused large losses for investors and have fueled the debate regarding the ability of regulators to oversee the industry. This paper develops a set of performance flags, based on suspicious patterns in returns, as indicators of a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>AIFMD News: Drawing the battle lines</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/05/aifmd-news-drawing-the-battle-lines/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/05/aifmd-news-drawing-the-battle-lines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: PriceWaterhouseCoopers 
Published: January 2011
Abstract: The purpose of this note is to provide an update on recent events around the AIFMD and to outline our views on what is most likely to happen over the next few month.
Related Post: AIFMD to hedge fund managers: Put that in your pipe and smoke it
]]></description>
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		<title>AIFMD to hedge fund managers: Put that in your pipe and smoke it</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/04/aifmd-to-hedge-fund-managers-put-that-in-your-pipe-and-smoke-it/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/04/aifmd-to-hedge-fund-managers-put-that-in-your-pipe-and-smoke-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18088</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive has cast hedge fund managers as pariahs to be closely monitored, but research and history suggest the industry will adapt and survive.]]></description>
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		<title>Regulatory Induced Performance Persistence: Evidence from Hedge Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/15/regulatory-induced-performance-persistence-evidence-from-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/15/regulatory-induced-performance-persistence-evidence-from-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=17899</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Douglas Cumming, Na Dai 
Published: November 2010
Abstract: This paper tests the idea that financial regulation can impact performance persistence in the context of the hedge fund industry in 48 countries over the years 1994-2008. The data show evidence of three types of regulation influencing performance persistence: (1) minimum capital restrictions, which restrict lower quality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Regulatory Induced Performance Persistence&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/14/regulatory-induced-performance-persistence/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/14/regulatory-induced-performance-persistence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes.  You read it right.  Regulations that could actually lead to more alpha?  Hey, it can happen.]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Beyond the Clamor for &#8216;Hedge Fund Regulation&#8217;: A Reconsideration of &#8216;Client&#8217; Under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/06/moving-beyond-the-clamor-for-hedge-fund-regulation-a-reconsideration-of-client-under-the-investment-advisers-act-of-1940/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/06/moving-beyond-the-clamor-for-hedge-fund-regulation-a-reconsideration-of-client-under-the-investment-advisers-act-of-1940/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=17792</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Anita K. Krug
Published: October 2010
Abstract: Under current doctrine, an investment adviser managing a hedge fund or other private fund may consider the fund &#8211; rather than any investor in the fund &#8211; as the adviser’s “client” for purposes of, among other things, compliance with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. That interpretation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The SEC&#8217;s new hedge fund rule: Opening a can of worms, then kicking it down the road</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/05/the-secs-new-hedge-fund-rule-opening-a-can-of-worms-then-kicking-it-down-the-road/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/05/the-secs-new-hedge-fund-rule-opening-a-can-of-worms-then-kicking-it-down-the-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=17605</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The SEC's attempt to regulate hedge funds in 2005 hinged on the definition of "client."  By avoiding that question in 2010, its newest kick at the can seems likely to allow the issue to fester even longer.  As a result, a University of Washington law professor ponders the question of to whom, exactly, a hedge fund adviser owes its fiduciary duty.]]></description>
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		<title>Insider Traders: Rogues or Whistleblowers?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/11/28/insider-traders-rogues-or-whistleblowers/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/11/28/insider-traders-rogues-or-whistleblowers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=17576</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's easy to see why investors find insider trading morally objectionable.  But if market prices are a critical form of information transmission, then does "some" insider trading actually help society?  And if it does, then what kinds of insider trading?]]></description>
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		<title>AVCAL 2010 Yearbook</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/27/avcal-2010-yearbook/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/27/avcal-2010-yearbook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16839</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: AVCAL 
Published: October 2010
Abstract: FY2010 has been a period of consolidation and gradual recovery for the PE and VC industry. For the first time in seven years, capital invested by PE and VC funds exceeded total funds raised within the same year. Drawing on their dry powder from earlier fundraisings, the industry has continued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new dawn for alternative investments?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/19/a-new-dawn-for-alternative-investments/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/19/a-new-dawn-for-alternative-investments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16739</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Ernst &#038; Young 
Published: October 2010
Abstract: The AIFM Directive is designed to address a number of risks identified by the Commission relating to AIF, including systemic risk.
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		<title>Gaming the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/14/gaming-the-good-housekeeping-seal-of-approval/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/14/gaming-the-good-housekeeping-seal-of-approval/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As UCITS-compliant hedge funds become increasingly popular among funds of hedge funds in particular there is growing concern that underlying managers may be bending the rules to get the UCITS seal of approval.]]></description>
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		<title>Good, bad or inevitable: Changes are a comin&#8217; to the securities lending club</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/05/good-bad-or-inevitable-changes-are-a-comin-to-the-securities-lending-club/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/10/05/good-bad-or-inevitable-changes-are-a-comin-to-the-securities-lending-club/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=16254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the practice of securities lending likely to undergo substantial regulatory change, a recently published paper argues that "CCPs", already being adopted, are the best way forward. ]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Median performance fee earned by UK mutual funds that have one is, well, not really an issue</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/29/report-median-performance-fee-earned-by-uk-mutual-funds-that-have-one-is-well-not-really-an-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/29/report-median-performance-fee-earned-by-uk-mutual-funds-that-have-one-is-well-not-really-an-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment Management Fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15425</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report by Lipper examines the early impacts of the UK's endorsement of performance fees for mutual funds.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/29/report-median-performance-fee-earned-by-uk-mutual-funds-that-have-one-is-well-not-really-an-issue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>SEC to Hedge funds: No need to use &#8220;plain English&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/17/sec-to-hedge-funds-no-need-to-use-plain-english/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/17/sec-to-hedge-funds-no-need-to-use-plain-english/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent SEC ruling requires investment advisers to use "plain English" when communicating with clients.  But for now, hedge funds can keep confusing people...  ]]></description>
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		<title>Do hedge funds always supply liquidity to markets? Or do they also drink it up?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/06/29/do-hedge-funds-always-supply-liquidity-to-markets-or-do-they-also-drink-it-up/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/06/29/do-hedge-funds-always-supply-liquidity-to-markets-or-do-they-also-drink-it-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Research]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=14132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As policymakers debate the value of hedge funds as liquidity providers, they should take note of this recent academic paper.]]></description>
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		<title>European Fund Regulations: Fad or new de facto global standard?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/05/31/european-fund-regulations-fad-or-new-de-facto-global-standard/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/05/31/european-fund-regulations-fad-or-new-de-facto-global-standard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAIA Alternative Viewpoints Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=13495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been a lot of surveys on Europe's latest fashion trend: UCITSIII.  Today, a guest author reports on some actual hard data on the topic.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge funds: Wrap it up UCITS and put a bow on top</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/05/20/hedge-funds-wrap-it-up-ucits-and-put-a-bow-on-top/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/05/20/hedge-funds-wrap-it-up-ucits-and-put-a-bow-on-top/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=13339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Panacea, cure-all, the ultimate fix for liquidity, transparency and due diligence issues - whatever you want to call it, UCITS-wrapped hedge funds appear here to stay. ]]></description>
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		<title>By the way, is there anybody on board who knows how to fly a plane?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/05/17/by-the-way-is-there-anybody-on-board-who-knows-how-to-fly-a-plane/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/05/17/by-the-way-is-there-anybody-on-board-who-knows-how-to-fly-a-plane/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Research]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=13216</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An update on a study of the infamous 2008 short-selling bans pins the blame squarely on regulators for inadvertently making a bad situation worse.]]></description>
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		<title>UCITS and NEWCITS: A better mousetrap?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/22/ucits-and-newcits-a-better-mousetrap/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/22/ucits-and-newcits-a-better-mousetrap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=12792</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UCITS-structured hedge funds continue to be the trend du jour for 2010, but the jury is still out on whether they are the best route to delivering liquidity, transparency and compliance.]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Funds and the Financial Crisis</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/06/hedge-funds-and-the-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/06/hedge-funds-and-the-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=12622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Houman B. Shadab, New York Law School
Published: April 6, 2010
Abstract: The performance of hedge funds during the financial crisis suggests that wide-ranging financial regulation is not always necessary to advance investor protection and financial stability. While 2008 was a year of record hedge fund losses and investor withdrawals that came about in part because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McKinsey Working Papers on Risk, Number 17</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/01/mckinsey-working-papers-on-risk-number-17/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/01/mckinsey-working-papers-on-risk-number-17/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=13440</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: McKinsey
Published: April, 2010
Abstract: Institutional investors have been hit particularly hard by the 2008-2009 crisis. Their cumulative losses total hundreds of billions; many lost more than 25 percent of their assets under management. Despite more favorable market conditions in the second half of 2009, most institutions have only recovered less than half of their losses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new round of short-sale bans sure to ire the hedge fund industry, but do they work?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/07/a-new-round-of-short-sale-bans-sure-to-ire-the-hedge-fund-industry-but-do-they-work/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/07/a-new-round-of-short-sale-bans-sure-to-ire-the-hedge-fund-industry-but-do-they-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Debate still rages over whether efforts to curb short-selling in the dark days of 2008 were fair and effective. With the SEC and others now putting into effect new, more permanent rules governing short sales, the question has re-surfaced.]]></description>
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		<title>Concept Release on Equity Market Structure</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/01/concept-release-on-equity-market-structure/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/01/concept-release-on-equity-market-structure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: SEC
Published: March, 2010
Introduction: The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) is conducting a broad review of the current equity market structure. The review includes an evaluation of equity market structure performance in recent years and an assessment of whether market structure rules have kept pace with, among other things, changes in trading technology and practices. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spillover Effects of Counter-cyclical Market Regulation: Evidence from the 2008 Ban on Short Sales</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/01/spillover-effects-of-counter-cyclical-market-regulation-evidence-from-the-2008-ban-on-short-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/01/spillover-effects-of-counter-cyclical-market-regulation-evidence-from-the-2008-ban-on-short-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=13412</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: EDHEC
Published: March, 2010
Abstract: The ban on shorting had negative effects on the hedge fund industry. It also had a negative impact on the returns and the market quality of the stocks placed off limits by the ban. We look at the impact of the ban on broad market indices in the US and in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Hedge-Fund UCITS the Cure-All?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/01/are-hedge-fund-ucits-the-cure-all/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/01/are-hedge-fund-ucits-the-cure-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=13474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: EDHEC
Published: March, 2010
Abstract: As part of the CACEIS research chair on non-financial risks in investment funds, EDHEC surveyed UCITS and alternative asset managers, their service providers, external observers, and investors for their views of structuring hedge fund strategies as UCITS. The 437 respondents report assets under management (AUM) of more than €13 trillion. Investment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listed Private Equity and the Case of Exits</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/25/listed-private-equity-and-the-case-of-exits/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/25/listed-private-equity-and-the-case-of-exits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Götz Müller, University of Witten
Published:February 25, 2010
Abstract: The public listing of shares from private equity houses and funds has dramatically changed the corporate governance structure of these entities. These changes aggravate the information asymmetry between investors and general partners, and as a result most of these companies trade at high discounts to their net [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International regulators publish systemic risk data requirements for hedge funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/25/international-regulators-publish-systemic-risk-data-requirements-for-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/25/international-regulators-publish-systemic-risk-data-requirements-for-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10393</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: IOSCO
Published: February 25, 2010
Introduction: The International Organization of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) Technical Committee has published details of an agreed template for the global collection of hedge fund information which it believes will assist in assessing possible systemic risks arising from the sector. The template was developed by the Task Force on Unregulated Entities (Task [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed regulation means shorts going to the dogs?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/10/proposed-regulation-means-shorts-going-to-the-dogs/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/10/proposed-regulation-means-shorts-going-to-the-dogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short selling disclosure rules]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study addresses the impact of potential disclosure requirements on managers engaged in short-selling. The conclusion: It won't be pretty for anyone.]]></description>
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		<title>Fire, ice but not everything nice for hedge funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/03/fire-ice-but-not-everything-nice-for-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/03/fire-ice-but-not-everything-nice-for-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the backburner for the past two years, talk of regulation and policy change to reshape the investment management industry is aplenty.]]></description>
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		<title>SEC enforcement: same old song, or new foreboding tune?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/26/sec-enforcement-same-old-song-or-new-foreboding-tune/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/26/sec-enforcement-same-old-song-or-new-foreboding-tune/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=8909</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Post Madoff, Galleon and financial crisis, the US Securities and Exchange Commission is looking to beef up its enforcement management and oversight significantly. So why should alternative investment managers take it seriously this time?]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Register: Concept Release on Equity Market Structure</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/21/federal-register-concept-release-on-equity-market-structure/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/21/federal-register-concept-release-on-equity-market-structure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9657</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By:  SEC
Published: January 21, 2010
Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) is conducting a broad review of the current equity market structure. The review includes an evaluation of equity market structure performance in recent years and an assessment of whether market structure rules have kept pace with, among other things, changes in trading technology and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UCITS and NEWCITS and Hedge Funds, oh my&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/19/ucits-and-newcits-and-hedge-funds-oh-my/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/19/ucits-and-newcits-and-hedge-funds-oh-my/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=8770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The expected EU Directive in addition to generally more heightened demand for regulatory compliant alternative investments has already set in motion a wave of so-called UCITS- and NEWCITS-based funds. The question is whether they can truly live up to expectations, particularly with higher costs and lower returns?]]></description>
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		<title>Does the prime brokerage sec lending model need resuscitation?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/07/the-death-of-sec-lending-in-prime-brokerages/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/07/the-death-of-sec-lending-in-prime-brokerages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=8023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Securities lending in it's old-school, pass-around-the-securities-and-collect-the-fees form is seemingly gone for good. But what form it will take now?  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>UCITS FoHF Survey</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/01/ucits-fohf-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/01/ucits-fohf-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail Investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=8918</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: KDK Asset Management 
Published: December 2009
Abstract: This paper summarizes the results of a survey conducted among 30 of the largest Fund of Hedge Fund managers. Among its conclusions, it shows that most of them intend to enter the UCITS space over the next year. Despite the fact that the survey participants generally expect UCITS [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>When skittish hedge fund investors and lenders become a problem for everyone</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/19/when-skittish-hedge-fund-investors-and-lenders-become-a-problem-for-everyone/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/19/when-skittish-hedge-fund-investors-and-lenders-become-a-problem-for-everyone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Operations and Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=7678</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A study by the European Central Bank explores what happens when hedge fund investors and prime brokers want their money back in a hurry.  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can of worms?  Supreme Court discusses &#8220;fair&#8221; compensation for fund advisory services</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/05/can-of-worms-supreme-court-discusses-fair-compensation-for-fund-advisory-services/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/05/can-of-worms-supreme-court-discusses-fair-compensation-for-fund-advisory-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment Management Fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=7315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to experts, a case currently before the US Supreme Court will "define the contours of a mutual fund adviser’s fiduciary duty with regard to compensation."  Will it impact hedge funds too?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>What lurks for hedge funds beneath the deep, dark waters of dark pools?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/05/what-lurks-for-hedge-funds-beneath-the-deep-dark-waters-of-dark-pools/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/05/what-lurks-for-hedge-funds-beneath-the-deep-dark-waters-of-dark-pools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=7281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Liquidity is sacred, so long as you can see it, says the SEC, as it puts dark pools on its next-to-hit list.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gone in 45 days: Who said hedge funds were illiquid?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/01/gone-in-45-days-who-said-hedge-funds-were-illiquid/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/01/gone-in-45-days-who-said-hedge-funds-were-illiquid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Operations and Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=7069</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For most businesses, completely taking down the sails and ceasing operations involves a lot more than a letter to investors and six-week's notice. Not for Galleon, apparently.]]></description>
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		<title>Testimony Concerning Dark Pools, Flash Orders, High Frequency Trading, and Other Market Structure Issues</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/28/testimony-concerning-dark-pools-flash-orders-high-frequency-trading-and-other-market-structure-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/28/testimony-concerning-dark-pools-flash-orders-high-frequency-trading-and-other-market-structure-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timely Research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=7333</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: James A. Brigagliano, Co-Acting Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Published: October 28, 2009
Introduction: The U.S. equity markets have undergone a transformation in recent years due in large part to technological innovations that have changed the way that markets operate. As markets evolve, the Commission must continually seek to preserve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators: Not rich? Hands off the display case.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/27/regulators-not-rich-hands-off-the-display-case/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/27/regulators-not-rich-hands-off-the-display-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=6892</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The name Goldstein is well known in the hedge fund world. The question, though, is whether the champion of marketing and solicitation rights has finally met his match.]]></description>
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		<title>2009: The year hedge funds finally stirred the regulatory hornets&#8217; nest</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/21/2009-the-year-hedge-funds-finally-stirred-the-regulatory-hornets-nest/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/21/2009-the-year-hedge-funds-finally-stirred-the-regulatory-hornets-nest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=6773</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After decades of relative calm, hedge funds have managed to stir up a hornets' nest of regulatory activity in 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>Speech by SEC Chairman: Statement on Dark Pool Regulation Before the Commission Open Meeting</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/21/speech-by-sec-chairman-statement-on-dark-pool-regulation-before-the-commission-open-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/21/speech-by-sec-chairman-statement-on-dark-pool-regulation-before-the-commission-open-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timely Research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=7329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Chairman Mary L. Schapiro, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Published: October 21, 2009
Introduction: Today we are tackling another item on our agenda to protect investors and bring greater transparency to our markets. Dark pools are essentially private trading systems in which participants can transact their trades outside of the public markets. The largest dark pools [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Funds as Shareholder Activists</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/12/hedge-funds-as-shareholder-activists/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/12/hedge-funds-as-shareholder-activists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=7807</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Nicole M. Boyson &#38; Robert M. Mooradian
Published: July 31, 2007
Abstract: We examine the impact that hedge fund activism has on target firm and hedge fund performance. To investigate several aspects of activism not studied in prior literature, we create an index of activism intensity incorporating the stated motive of the hedge fund, the method [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A bold new theory on why attempts to regulate hedge funds tend to fail</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/24/a-bold-new-theory-on-why-attempts-to-regulate-hedge-funds-tend-to-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/24/a-bold-new-theory-on-why-attempts-to-regulate-hedge-funds-tend-to-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=6275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder why so many hedge fund regulatory initiatives seem to end up in the trash?  Here's one theory you probably haven't considered.]]></description>
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		<title>Another guide to (obvious) hedge fund best practices</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/17/another-guide-to-obvious-hedg-fund-best-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/17/another-guide-to-obvious-hedg-fund-best-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are seemingly as many guides and standards on due diligence as there are hedge funds, but are they really worth following?]]></description>
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		<title>CME Group Overview</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/16/cme-group-overview/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/16/cme-group-overview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Rick Redding, CME Group
Published: September 16, 2009
Summary: A prop-trading market segment presentation.
Related Post: Fire, ice but not everything nice for hedge funds (Feb 3, 2010)
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		<title>Evidence on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/08/evidence-on-the-alternative-investment-fund-managers-directive-aifmd/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/08/evidence-on-the-alternative-investment-fund-managers-directive-aifmd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Dr Syed Kamall, MEP for London
Published: September 8, 2009
Summary: The principal point made in this submission is that this is an unnecessary Directive which will only serve to limit the growth of the financial services industry in London and across Europe. Furthermore, the draft directive was drafted in a hurry and there has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elements of International Regulatory Standards on Funds of Hedge Funds Related Issues Based on Best Market Practices</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/01/elements-of-international-regulatory-standards-on-funds-of-hedge-funds-related-issues-based-on-best-market-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/01/elements-of-international-regulatory-standards-on-funds-of-hedge-funds-related-issues-based-on-best-market-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: International Organization of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) Technical Committee Standing Committee on Investment Management (TCSC5)
Published: September 2009
Introduction: Following the conclusions of its report on Funds of Hedge Funds dated June 20089, the Technical Committee of the IOSCO developed guidelines in the particular areas where it had identified additional investor protection regulatory issues in the fund [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Standards Board issues rules on how to exit crowded theatres when someone yells &#8220;Fire!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/03/hedge-fund-standards-board-issues-rules-on-how-to-exit-crowded-theatres-when-someone-yells-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/03/hedge-fund-standards-board-issues-rules-on-how-to-exit-crowded-theatres-when-someone-yells-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's a set of safety instructions every movie usher needs to have.]]></description>
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		<title>Private Governance of Financial Markets: the US Regulatory Regime on Hedge Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/01/private-governance-of-financial-markets-the-us-regulatory-regime-on-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/01/private-governance-of-financial-markets-the-us-regulatory-regime-on-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Paola Robotti
Published: August 2009
Abstract: The article investigates the private governance of financial markets by looking at the evolution of the regulatory debate on hedge funds in the US market. It starts from the premise that the privatization of regulation is always the result of a political decision and analyzes how this decision came about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Libertarian Paternalism&#8221;: A happy medium on HF regulation?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/22/libertarian-paternalism-a-happy-medium-on-hf-regulation/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/22/libertarian-paternalism-a-happy-medium-on-hf-regulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regulation may not be all that bad for the hedge fund industry if the proposals of this author are adopted by the SEC.]]></description>
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		<title>HF trade groups, regulators call truce: peace breaking out on several fronts</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/23/hf-trade-groups-regulators-call-truce-peace-breaking-out-on-several-fronts/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/23/hf-trade-groups-regulators-call-truce-peace-breaking-out-on-several-fronts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first week of summer has apparently brought a serious thaw in relations between the hedge fund industry and international regulators.]]></description>
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		<title>S. 1276: Private Fund Transparency Act</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/16/s-1276-private-fund-transparency-act/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/16/s-1276-private-fund-transparency-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Congress
Published: June 16, 2009
Summary: To require investment advisers to private funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, and others to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes.
Related Post: 2009: The year hedge funds finally stirred the regulatory hornets’ nest (Oct 21, 2009)
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		<title>Quick&#8230;What&#8217;s the similarity between California and Connecticut?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/08/quickwhats-the-similarity-between-california-and-connecticut/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/08/quickwhats-the-similarity-between-california-and-connecticut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California and Connecticut are separated only by Colorado on an alphabetical list of US states.  But when it comes to hedge fund regulation they may be attached at the hip.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Funds Oversight: Final Report</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/01/hedge-funds-oversight-final-report/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/01/hedge-funds-oversight-final-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: IOSCO
Published: June 2009
Abstract: For investor confidence to return to these funds and to the financial sector in which they operate, coordinated and consistent action is necessary, recognizing that global economies are interconnected and financial instruments and investment vehicles are interdependent. Restoring investor confidence will require the application of common approaches to regulatory risks and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing rules: the regulation, taxation and distribution of hedge funds around the globe</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/01/changing-rules-the-regulation-taxation-and-distribution-of-hedge-funds-around-the-globe/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/01/changing-rules-the-regulation-taxation-and-distribution-of-hedge-funds-around-the-globe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Published: June 2009
From Forward: The reduction in worldwide securities markets coupled with net redemptions over the last 9 months have resulted in industry assets under management falling significantly – estimates suggest some 30% from their peak. Some hedge funds have closed, some have restructured and some fund managers have gone out of business. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The United People&#8217;s Front for the Preservation of Rationalization Association Network Alliance</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/25/the-united-peoples-front-for-the-preservation-of-rationalization-association-network-alliance/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/25/the-united-peoples-front-for-the-preservation-of-rationalization-association-network-alliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 00:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tough times bring boom times for a plethora of new hedge fund industry trade groups. ]]></description>
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		<title>After years of being made scapegoats, HFs finally capitulate</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/17/after-years-of-being-made-scapegoats-hfs-finally-capitulate/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/17/after-years-of-being-made-scapegoats-hfs-finally-capitulate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 01:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hedge fund industry leaders wave a white flag in hopes of no longer being tagged as scapegoats for the world's financial ills.]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge funds after the crisis</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/12/hedge-funds-after-the-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/12/hedge-funds-after-the-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: DentonWildeSapte
Published: May 2009
From introduction: Regulators worldwide have been busy over the last few months taking emergency measures to address the financial crisis. Everyone has been keep to identify scapegoats and apportion blame to specific market sectors. Hedge funds have come in for much of the criticism.
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		<title>Testimony of Richard H. Baker, President and CEO of Managed Funds Association, for the Hearing on &#8220;Perspectives on Hedge Funds Regulation&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/07/testimony-of-richard-h-baker-president-and-ceo-of-managed-funds-association-for-the-hearing-on-perspectives-on-hedge-funds-regulation/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/07/testimony-of-richard-h-baker-president-and-ceo-of-managed-funds-association-for-the-hearing-on-perspectives-on-hedge-funds-regulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 17:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Managed Funds Association
Published: May 2009

Introduction: Managed Funds Association (“MFA”) is pleased to provide this statement in connection with the House Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises’ hearing, “Perspectives on Hedge Fund Registration” held on May 7, 2009. MFA represents the majority of the world’s largest hedge funds and is the primary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testimony of W. Todd Groome, AIMA Chairman, For the Hearing on &#8220;Perspectives on Hedge Fund Registration&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/07/testimony-of-w-todd-groome-aima-chairman-for-the-hearing-on-perspectives-on-hedge-fund-registration/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/07/testimony-of-w-todd-groome-aima-chairman-for-the-hearing-on-perspectives-on-hedge-fund-registration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 16:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: AIMA
Published: May 2009
Introduction: The Alternative Investment Management Association (“AIMA”) is pleased to provide this statement in connection with the House Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises’ hearing “Perspectives on Hedge Fund Registration” to be held on 7 May 2009.
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		<title>Disentangling the effects of the short bans from those of the broader financial crisis</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/03/disentangling-the-effects-of-the-short-bans-from-those-of-the-broader-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/03/disentangling-the-effects-of-the-short-bans-from-those-of-the-broader-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 01:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recently published study of the short selling bans in Europe concludes that they may have had a greater impact on overall market sentiment than they did on the actual stocks at which they were targeted.]]></description>
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		<title>The Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/30/the-directive-on-alternative-investment-fund-managers/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/30/the-directive-on-alternative-investment-fund-managers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: European Parliament and Council
Published: April 30,  2009
Summary: Sections 1.1 &#8211; 1.3 of this introductory chapter describe the size and composition of the alternative investment industry in the European Union, the structure and geographical location of alternative investment funds (AIF) and their managers (AIFM), and the nature of the investors in these funds. Sections [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Speculation Destabilizing?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/22/is-speculation-destabilizing/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/22/is-speculation-destabilizing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Celso Brunetti  (Johns Hopkins University; CFTC) &#38; Bahattin Buyuksahin (U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission)
Published: April 2009
Abstract: The possibility that speculative trading destabilizes or creates a volatile market is frequently debated. To test the hypothesis that speculative trading is destabilizing we employ a unique dataset from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on individual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulatory pressure exposing cracks in alternative investment solidarity</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/19/regulatory-pressure-exposing-cracks-in-alternative-investment-solidarity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/19/regulatory-pressure-exposing-cracks-in-alternative-investment-solidarity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mounting regulatory pressure may have begun to expose fissures in the alternative investment community.]]></description>
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		<title>The Undesirable Effects of Banning Short Sales</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/01/the-undesirable-effects-of-banning-short-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/01/the-undesirable-effects-of-banning-short-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Abraham Lioui, EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre
Published: April 2009
From summary: An in-depth study of the short-selling market calls into question both the reasons for the decision to ban short selling and the prejudices that weigh on those who short. According to recently published data (for the United States in particular), a large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Regulation of Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Virtues of Going Slow</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/01/the-regulation-of-sovereign-wealth-funds-the-virtues-of-going-slow/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/04/01/the-regulation-of-sovereign-wealth-funds-the-virtues-of-going-slow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Richard A. Epstein (University of Chicago) &#38; Amanda M. Rose (Vanderbilt University Law School)
Published: April 2009
Abstract: Any symposium on private-equity firms and the going private phenomenon would be incomplete without discussion of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs). These government owned investment vehicles have and will continue to play an important role in the going private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IOSCO in new HF report: Can&#8217;t we all just get along?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/23/iosco-in-new-hf-report-cant-we-all-just-get-along/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/23/iosco-in-new-hf-report-cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the International Organization of Securities Commissions provided its input to the upcoming G-20 Summit.  A full reading reveals a notably diplomatic and balanced view of the role of hedge funds in global financial markets.    ]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Need a Superfund for Hedge Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/why-we-need-a-superfund-for-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/why-we-need-a-superfund-for-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4608</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Dale B. Thompson (University of St. Thomas)
Published: March 2009
Abstract: The current financial crisis has led to numerous calls for regulation of hedge funds. This article argues that the appropriate response is a combination of mechanisms: establishment of a Superfund financed by a tax on hedge funds, whose revenues are then used to conduct market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Transparency Overcome Conflicts of Interest? Evidence from Investment Managers and Their Brokers</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/does-transparency-overcome-conflicts-of-interest-evidence-from-investment-managers-and-their-brokers/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/does-transparency-overcome-conflicts-of-interest-evidence-from-investment-managers-and-their-brokers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Mark Abrahamson and Tim Jenkinson (University of Oxford)
Published: March 2009
Abstract: The relationship between investment managers and brokers has been identified by regulators in Europe and the US as a potentially important source of conflicts of interest. Little systematic evidence is available, however, on this complex relationship, which involves trade execution, sell-side research, and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Data in new UBS report supports Bernanke&#8217;s view that HF leverage not a top concern</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/26/data-in-new-ubs-report-supports-bernankes-view-that-hf-leverage-not-a-top-concern/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/26/data-in-new-ubs-report-supports-bernankes-view-that-hf-leverage-not-a-top-concern/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke showed up at his annual Humphrey Hawkins testimony to talk about the risks posed by banks - specifically big banks.  But what at least one Senator was just as concerned about another kind of institution.  ]]></description>
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		<title>European Commission asks for help on hedge funds; gets variety of answers</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/15/european-commission-asks-for-help-on-hedge-funds-gets-variety-of-answers/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/15/european-commission-asks-for-help-on-hedge-funds-gets-variety-of-answers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission recently ended its call for input on what it should do about those pesky hedge funds.  If this was a court case, you might say they were "leading the witnesses" a little. ]]></description>
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		<title>UBS Hedge Fund Report</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/09/ubs-hedge-fund-report/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/09/ubs-hedge-fund-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10517</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: UBS
Published: February, 2009
Abstract: 2008 was not a good year for hedge funds. One of the worst nightmares for any risk manager is not when markets fall but when markets fail.
Related Post: A new round of short-sale bans sure to ire the hedge fund industry, but do they work? (Mar 7, 2010)
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		<title>Short Selling</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/01/short-selling/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/01/short-selling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: FSA
Published: February, 2009
Abstract: On 18 September 2008 we introduced temporary short selling measures in relation to stocks in UK financial sector companies on an emergency basis.We did this at a time of extreme market turbulence, manifested in the forms of high and prolonged price volatility and downward pressure on the prices of financial stocks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Transparency Act</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/29/hedge-fund-transparency-act/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/29/hedge-fund-transparency-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=6925</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Congress
Published: January 29, 2009
Summary: To require investment advisers to private funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, and others to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes.
Related Post: 2009: The year hedge funds finally stirred the regulatory hornets’ nest (Oct 21, 2009)
]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Adviser Registration Act of 2009</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/27/hedge-fund-adviser-registration-act-of-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/27/hedge-fund-adviser-registration-act-of-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=6928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Congress
Published: January 27, 2009
Summary: To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to remove the registration exception for certain investment advisers with less than 15 clients.
Related Post: 2009: The year hedge funds finally stirred the regulatory hornets’ nest (Oct 21, 2009)
]]></description>
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		<title>Title IV—Registration of Advisers to Private Funds (Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009)</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/27/title-iv%e2%80%94registration-of-advisers-to-private-funds-private-fund-investment-advisers-registration-act-of-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/27/title-iv%e2%80%94registration-of-advisers-to-private-funds-private-fund-investment-advisers-registration-act-of-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=6917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Congress
Published: January 27, 2009&#8211;Introduced
Summary: Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to repeal the exception to the registration requirement for any investment adviser who:
(1) during the preceding twelve months has had fewer than 15 clients; and
(2) neither holds himself or herself out generally to the public as an investment adviser, nor acts an an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Large&#8217; vs. &#8216;Small&#8217; Players: A Closer Look at the Dynamics of Speculative Attacks</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/14/large-vs-small-players-a-closer-look-at-the-dynamics-of-speculative-attacks/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/14/large-vs-small-players-a-closer-look-at-the-dynamics-of-speculative-attacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Geir Hoidal Bjonnes (The Norwegian School of Management BI), Steinar Holden (University of Oslo; Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research), Dagfinn Rime (Central Bank of Norway; Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and Haakon Solheim (Central Bank of Norway)
Published: January 2009
Abstract: What is the role of &#8220;large players&#8221; like hedge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge funds not alone in defending short-selling secrecy</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/07/hedge-funds-not-alone-in-defending-short-selling-secrecy/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/07/hedge-funds-not-alone-in-defending-short-selling-secrecy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4043</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Think hedge funds are the only ones defending short selling secrecy?   ]]></description>
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		<title>Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds, and the Public-Private Dichotomy in a Macrosociological Framework for Law</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/24/mutual-funds-hedge-funds-and-the-public-private-dichotomy-in-a-macrosociological-framework-for-law/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/24/mutual-funds-hedge-funds-and-the-public-private-dichotomy-in-a-macrosociological-framework-for-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3967</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Larry D. Barnett (Widener University)
Published: December 2008
Abstract: Macrosociology considers law to be one of the institutions of society and, hence, a fundamental component of a social system. Four macrosociological propositions underlie the instant article: (i) the institutions comprising a social system are, in the long term, compatible with one another; (ii) the compatibility of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short-Ban study finds no evidence of &#8220;expected effect of the new regulations&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/18/short-ban-study-finds-no-evidence-of-expected-effect-of-the-new-regulations/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/18/short-ban-study-finds-no-evidence-of-expected-effect-of-the-new-regulations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As expected, this fall's ban on shorting of financial stocks has provided academics with a unique opportunity to examine the effect of short-selling on price behaviour.  And one of the first comprehensive studies on the topic contains some surprising findings.   ]]></description>
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		<title>ECB nonplused about hedge funds&#8217; newfound conservatism</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/16/ecb-nonplused-about-hedge-funds-newfound-conservatism/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/12/16/ecb-nonplused-about-hedge-funds-newfound-conservatism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=3891</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Central Bank makes some interesting hedge fund industry observations in its latest Financial Stability Review. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Impact of Short Sales Restrictions</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/30/the-impact-of-short-sales-restrictions-2/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/30/the-impact-of-short-sales-restrictions-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10520</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Ian W. Marsh and Norman Niemer
Published: November 30, 2008
Abstract: Following sustained heavy stock market losses in September/October 2008 regulatory agencies in many jurisdictions instigated restrictions on the short selling of stocks, primarily in the financial sector. A detailed summary of the restrictions can be found in Clifford Chance (2008). This report examines whether restrictions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Impact of Short Sales Restrictions</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/30/the-impact-of-short-sales-restrictions/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/30/the-impact-of-short-sales-restrictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Ian W. Marsh and Norman Niemer (ISLA &#38; AIMA)
Published: November 30 2008
Abstract: Following sustained heavy stock market losses in September/October 2008 regulatory agencies in many jurisdictions instigated restrictions on the short selling of stocks, primarily in the financial sector. A detailed summary of the restrictions can be found in Clifford Chance (2008). This report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managers&#8217; views on voluntary hedge fund standards: an about-face?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/23/managers-views-on-voluntary-hedge-fund-standards-an-about-face/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/23/managers-views-on-voluntary-hedge-fund-standards-an-about-face/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The year began with an outpouring of goodwill toward to the UK's new "Hedge Fund Standards Board".  But a new survey finds that only 1 in 10 managers has actually signed-up.  What gives?  ]]></description>
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		<title>Best way to regulate hedge funds is to regulate prime brokers better, says new paper</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/11/best-way-to-regulate-hedge-funds-is-to-regulate-prime-brokers-better-says-new-paper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you can't regulate hedge funds directly, what about deputizing the prime brokers? ]]></description>
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