# kaal:claim:1428387-039

**Claim.** Investor suitability standards would address the sophistication problem by requiring independent verification that investors in highly complex financial products can evaluate investment risk independently and are capable of making independent investment decisions.

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

**Holds when.**

- for investments in highly complex financial products

**Source quote.**

> Investor suitability standards would address these concerns by requiring independent verification that investors in highly complex financial products have the capability to evaluate investment risk independently and are capable of making independent investment decisions.

**From.** Kaal, *Hedge Fund Valuation Retailization, Regulation, and Investor Suitability* (2009), VII. Conclusion, page 57

**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.** economics, risk-and-incentives, dynamic-regulation

**Keywords.** investor-suitability, independent-verification, risk-evaluation, regulatory-design

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