# Aggregation

`kaal:entity:aggregation`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `aggregation`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 2 works, 2014 to 2016.

**2014**

- [2470008-028](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2470008-028) [failure/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- The substantive defects in Form PF data are the ambiguity of several key questions, inaccurate definitions paired with insufficient SEC guidance, and difficulty aggregating the required information.
  > Core substantive issues with Form PF include: the ambiguity of several key questions on Form PF, the inaccuracy of Form PF definitions and corresponding insufficiency of SEC guidance for Form PF, and difficulties in aggregating the required Form PF information.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Systemic Risk of Private Funds after the Dodd-Frank Act (2014). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2470008

**2016**

- [2714974-033](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2714974-033) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- A system in which hedge funds submit position information to an authority that aggregates and publishes it cannot address liquidity risk, because protecting proprietary information requires so much aggregation that the resulting information loses value to market participants.
  > Protection of proprietary information would require so much aggregation that the value of the information to market participants would be substantially reduced.
  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

## Verify

Every claim above resolves to a record carrying a verbatim source quote, the sha256 of the source PDF, and a preformatted citation. Nothing here asks to be taken on trust.

    curl -s https://wulfkaal.github.io/entities/aggregation.md | sha256sum

**Canonical form.** This markdown file is the canonical hashed representation of this entity node. Its sha256 is the content hash.
