Uncle Sam Mandates Supersize Hedge Funds

Hedge funds will soon start to look a lot fatter than they actually are, thanks to a new Dodd-Frank Act requirement for reporting assets.

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SEC’s Mary Schapiro (Illustration by David M. Brinley)

Hedge fund managers traditionally disclose their assets using a net asset figure, which represents actual investor capital at risk in the markets.

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