# kaal:claim:1806252-032

**Claim.** The numerical wealth requirements used to define qualified hedge fund investors fail as a regulatory device, because investors who meet the wealth thresholds do not always have the knowledge, understanding, and sophistication needed to invest in highly complex financial instruments.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- accredited investor standards under Regulation D and PFIARA

**Source quote.**

> The policy fails to take into account investors who technically fulfill the numerical wealth requirements but lack an adequate level of financial sophistication.

**From.** Kaal, *Hedge Fund Regulation Via Basel III* (2011), III.2.d Revision of Accredited Investor Standards, page 48

**Cite as.** Kaal, Hedge Fund Regulation Via Basel III (2011). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1806252

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**Failure mode.** wealth-as-sophistication-proxy  (family: investor-protection-gap)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** accredited-investor, investor-suitability, regulation-d, sophistication-proxy

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2998097-010
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/1428387-030

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