Registration

The Securities and Exchange Commission is planning rules to force hedge funds and other private funds to register with the agency and to undergo exams.
“The message is going out.”
Robert Burch IV discusses running A.W. Jones & Co. as it celebrates its 60th anniversary.
A Senate bill called the Hedge Fund Transparency Act has bipartisan support.
Like it or not, a new sheriff is in town — the town being Washington, the sheriff being the Obama administration — and in all likelihood the federal government this year will begin requiring hedge funds to register, though it’s not clear what that means (see “Here Come the Feds”).