# kaal:claim:1428387-028

**Claim.** Investor suitability standards are the author's preferred regulatory option because they would probably protect retail investors' interests without unduly burdening the hedge fund industry and other market participants.

**Type.** design  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- compared against limiting complex products, raising qualification thresholds, mandating disclosure, and retail-level triggers

**Source quote.**

> Investor suitability standards seem the most preferable to this author because they would probably protect the interests of retail investors while at the same time not unduly burdening the hedge fund industry and other market participants.

**From.** Kaal, *Hedge Fund Valuation Retailization, Regulation, and Investor Suitability* (2009), VI. Regulatory Options and Potential Alternative, page 48

**Cite as.** Kaal, Hedge Fund Valuation Retailization, Regulation, and Investor Suitability (2009). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1428387

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** investor-suitability, regulatory-options, retail-investors, regulatory-burden

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2998097-010

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