# kaal:claim:2715083-006

**Claim.** The author stipulates that retail alternative funds are funds regulated under the Investment Company Act that attempt to replicate private fund strategies, including leverage, derivatives, short selling, and nontraditional asset classes; this definition carries the chapter's confluence analysis.

**Type.** definitional  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- as used throughout this chapter
- covers liquid alternatives, unconstrained funds, alternative mutual funds, and synthetic hedge funds

**Source quote.**

> "retail alternatives funds" are defined as regulated funds under the investment company act that attempt to replicate the strategies of the private fund industry - including use of leverage, derivatives, short- selling and purchase of nontraditional asset classes.

**From.** Kaal, *Confluence of Mutual and Private Funds* (2016), II. Proliferation of Private- and Retail Alternative Funds, page 5

**Cite as.** Kaal, Confluence of Mutual and Private Funds (2016). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2715083

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** retail-alternatives, definition, investment-company-act, liquid-alternatives

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- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2811729-013

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