Freedom from significant regulatory oversight is what historically enabled hedge funds to run more exotic, more leveraged strategies aimed at absolute returns.
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Without significant regulatory oversight, hedge funds were able to employ more exotic investment strategies involving more leverage to generate absolute returns for their investors.
restateskaal:claim:2150377-001 Freedom from supervision and disclosure obligations was functional rather than incidental for hedge funds: it ...
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