# kaal:claim:2998097-038

**Claim.** The proliferation of unconstrained mutual funds calls into question the effectiveness of retail investor protections under the Investment Companies Act of 1940, because shares in funds that carry private fund strategies and risks may be bought by retail investors with limited or no investment experience.

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

**Holds when.**

- unconstrained mutual funds sold to retail investors
- United States

**Source quote.**

> However, unlike private funds, which are generally limited to investors who satisfy particular investment sophistication and net worth requirements, shares of UMFs may be purchased by retail investors, including those with quite limited or even no investment experience.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Private Investment Fund Regulation - Theory and Empirical Evidence from 1998 to 2016* (2017), V.2 Implications, page 47

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Private Investment Fund Regulation - Theory and Empirical Evidence from 1998 to 2016 (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2998097

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**Failure mode.** Retail access to private fund risk without suitability gate  (family: investor-protection-gap)

**Topics.** private-funds

**Keywords.** retail-investor-protection, unconstrained-mutual-funds, investment-company-act, confluence

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2811729-001
- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2811729-036

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