Comments on: Hedge Fund Troubles Take Tragic Turn http://www.fundmasteryblog.com/2008/12/24/hedge-fund-troubles-take-tragic-turn/ Mutual Funds, Investing, Retirement, Economy, Personal Finance Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:44:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Kurt Brouwer http://www.fundmasteryblog.com/2008/12/24/hedge-fund-troubles-take-tragic-turn/#comment-2155 Kurt Brouwer Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:54:57 +0000 http://www.fundmasteryblog.com/2008/12/24/hedge-fund-troubles-take-tragic-turn/#comment-2155 Bart You may be right. However, the Madoff scheme was not structured as a hedge fund. As I understand it, the accounts were simply clients of the firm for whom securities were purchased. In turn, a number of hedge funds invested directly with Madoff. So, requiring hedge funds to register would not have made any difference in this case. Bart

You may be right. However, the Madoff scheme was not structured as a hedge fund. As I understand it, the accounts were simply clients of the firm for whom securities were purchased. In turn, a number of hedge funds invested directly with Madoff. So, requiring hedge funds to register would not have made any difference in this case.

]]> By: Bart Mallon http://www.fundmasteryblog.com/2008/12/24/hedge-fund-troubles-take-tragic-turn/#comment-2151 Bart Mallon Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:33:45 +0000 http://www.fundmasteryblog.com/2008/12/24/hedge-fund-troubles-take-tragic-turn/#comment-2151 Unfortunately the Madoff scandal has raised the likelihood that regulators will require hedge fund managers to register in some capacity which will have a chilling effect on those managers who are <a href="http://www.hedgefundlawblog.com" rel="nofollow">starting a hedge fund</a> in the new year. Unfortunately the Madoff scandal has raised the likelihood that regulators will require hedge fund managers to register in some capacity which will have a chilling effect on those managers who are starting a hedge fund in the new year.

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