# kaal:claim:2389416-002

**Claim.** Contrary to the hedge fund industry's claim that increased supervision and disclosure would harm profitability, the authors find statistical evidence that the Dodd-Frank Act requirements had a positive effect on hedge fund performance.

**Type.** empirical  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- US hedge fund advisers subject to Title IV
- sample period January to October 2012

**Source quote.**

> Contrary to the hedge fund industry's claims that increased supervision and disclosure would affect their profitability, we find statistical evidence of a positive effect of the requirements introduced by the Dodd- Frank Act on hedge fund performance.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Barbara Luppi, Sandra Paterlini, *Did the Dodd-Frank Act Impact Hedge Fund Performance* (2014), ABSTRACT

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Barbara Luppi, Sandra Paterlini, Did the Dodd-Frank Act Impact Hedge Fund Performance (2014). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2389416

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**Topics.** private-funds, disclosure, empirical-evidence

**Keywords.** dodd-frank-act, hedge-fund-performance, disclosure, empirical-evidence, profitability

**Superseded by.** A later claim revises this one. Prefer quoting: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2998097-020

**Related claims.**

- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2816408-004
- supported_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2714974-009
- supported_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2739479-004
- supports: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2150377-036

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