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   "text": "Under the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act, hedge funds with more than $150 million in assets under management must register as investment advisers and disclose information about their trades and portfolios to the SEC, making assets under management the operative trigger for the regime.",
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   "text": "Revised Form ADV requires advisers to report gross rather than net regulatory assets under management and narrows their discretion to include or exclude assets, so the registration threshold becomes harder to manage down through reporting choices.",
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   "text": "The Title IV threshold registration requirement pulls a majority of the hedge fund advisers who had previously relied on the fewer than fifteen clients exemption into SEC registration.",
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   "text": "The clear majority of respondents prefer an asset size above the $150 million AUM registration threshold after the enactment of Title IV, indicating that advisers respond to the threshold by growing past it rather than staying below it.",
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   "text": "Under Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Act, hedge funds with more than $150 million in assets under management must register as investment advisers and disclose information about their trades and portfolios to the SEC.",
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   "text": "Title IV requires private fund advisers with more than $150 million in assets under management to register with the SEC as investment advisers.",
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   "text": "Title IV exempts private fund advisers with less than $150 million assets under management from registration, and requires the SEC to weigh investment strategy, size, and governance in determining the systemic risk of private funds.",
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   "text": "Under PFIARA, private investment fund advisers with more than 150 million dollars of assets under management must register as investment advisers and disclose information about their trades and portfolios to the SEC.",
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