The investor verification requirement defeats the purpose of the Rule 506(c) liberalization: fearing liability for investor misrepresentations of personal wealth, most hedge funds raising money from individuals continue to use old Rule 506 rather than Rule 506(c).
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Fearing possible liability for investor misrepresentations of their personal wealth, most hedge funds that raise money from individuals continue to use the old Rule 506 rather than Rule 506(c).
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Kaal and Oesterle, The History of Hedge Fund Regulation in the United States (2016), Hedge Funds Can Advertise Generally, p. 18 https://ssrn.com/abstract=2714974 · source PDF
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Kaal and Oesterle, The History of Hedge Fund Regulation in the United States (2016). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2714974
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applies to funds raising capital from individual investors
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