End of the Hedge Fund?

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2008-12-18

The question this prompts is not really about regulation, though some argue otherwise. Even if you define Madoff's investment outfit as a hedge fund, which for various reasons is debatable, there's nothing in this saga that supports clamping down on the industry.... Madoff had registered with the SEC voluntarily, and a fat lot of good it did. Those who support regulation also say that hedge funds should disclose more of what they do. Well, Madoff did make some disclosures; it's just that they weren't true

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