US needs 'tight hedge fund rules'
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US regulators calls for greater oversight of hedge funds, and more transparency over the way they work.
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New York - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its 160-page rule extending its oversight to the $866 billion (R5.02 trillion) hedge fund industry more than a month after commissioners narrowly backed the move in a 3-2 vote.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 24  â The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced the formation of two advisory groups to develop recommendations for best practices in the operation of hedge funds, the giant pools of capital that were heavily involved in the recent turmoil in the financial markets.
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The rapid growth of hedge funds could pose risks to financial stability if market participants fail to strengthen risk management practices, Federal Reserve Board Governor Kevin Warsh said on Wednesday.
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In volatile times, investorsâ choice of refuge is often the United States Treasury market, which, at $4.4 trillion or so, is easily swamped.
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In a major setback to the U.S.   Securities and Exchange Commission's efforts to regulate the   $1.3 trillion hedge fund industry, a federal appeals court on   Friday tossed out a rule requiring the investment pools to   register with the agency.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission voted 3-2 on Tuesday to adopt a rule that for the  first time will require hedge fund advisers to register with  the agency and submit to SEC examinations.
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Hedge fund advisers will have to  register with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and  submit to examinations under a new rule approved on Tuesday in  a 3-2 vote by the market-policing agency.
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Hedge funds, once the last word in aggressive speculation, have become more timid as pensions and other more risk-averse investors have increasingly placed money with the funds.
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Hedge funds are relying more and more on attorneys and accountants -- for advice on whether to buy or sell securities.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday proposed stricter rules to halt underwriting practices that artificially boost demand for shares in initial public offerings.
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When it comes to fund investing, the devil is in the details.
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Hedge-fund managers who are opposed to plans to make them register as advisers are asking US regulators to find other ways to increase disclosure in the traditionally secretive industry.
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Why this familiar financial rule-of-thumb falls very, very short.
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U.S. regulators said on Wednesday that Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  should be able to unwind the positions of its two troubled hedge funds without causing wider financial market distress.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - The United States and other countries must not demonize sovereign wealth funds as they come to the aid of troubled U.S. banks, some of the world's biggest state-run investors said on Thursday.
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Tougher funding standards are needed to prevent a repeat of money market turmoil, the FSA says.