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Hedge fund managers may see new regulations from SEC.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, July, 2004

By Daniel Dunaief, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 15--Hedge fund managers, who often take big risks investing money on behalf of rich clients and former moguls, may have to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In a 3-2 vote, the SEC yesterday proposed a host of regulations of what has long been an all but unregulated Wild West of investing.

That could mean an industry that's approaching $1 trillion could soon face more rigorous spot exams, and disclose more about its investments and its investors than its closed, secret world has ever done.

The new regs are a tribute to the fact that hedge funds, originally designed for people who can invest over $1 million, have become...

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