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   "text": "Market oversaturation increases pressure on private investment fund managers' performance and produces compromise fee arrangements such as charging fees on invested capital only.",
   "abstract": "According to some observers the market is oversaturated which increases pressure on private investment fund managers' performance26 and results in compromise fee arrangements, such as paying fees on invested capital only.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Applications and Fee Structure Developments in Private Investment Funds (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2959730",
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   "text": "The private fund industry contracted sharply in 2016: a total of 1,057 private investment funds closed down, exceeding the 1,023 liquidations of 2009 and falling just short of the record 1,471 closures in 2008.",
   "abstract": "In 2016 a total of 1,057 private investment funds closed down, exceeding the 1,023 liquidations of private investment funds in 2009, and falling just shy of the record 1,471 closures in 2008.",
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