# Regulatory burden

`kaal:entity:regulatory-burden`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 19 claims that carry the concept tag `regulatory-burden`. 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

19 claims across 11 works, 2009 to 2024.

**2009**

- [1428387-028](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/1428387-028) [design/argued] -- Investor suitability standards are the author's preferred regulatory option because they would probably protect retail investors' interests without unduly burdening the hedge fund industry and other market participants.
  > Investor suitability standards seem the most preferable to this author because they would probably protect the interests of retail investors while at the same time not unduly burdening the hedge fund industry and other market participants.
  Kaal, Hedge Fund Valuation Retailization, Regulation, and Investor Suitability (2009). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1428387

**2010**

- [1558614-037](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/1558614-037) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The Dodd-Frank Act is notable for what it omits: it does not break up the largest banks, does little to help smaller and regional banks compete, and because compliance is burdensome and expensive may actually have raised the barrier to entry into financial services.
  > It does little to help smaller and regional banks compete with the big banks. Because complying with regulation is burdensome and expensive, the Act may have raised the barrier for entry into the financial services industry.
  Painter and Kaal, Initial Reflections on an Evolving Standard Constraints on Risk Taking by Directors and Officers in (2010). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1558614

**2012**

- [2150377-023](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2150377-023) [empirical/evidenced] -- Compliance with the registration and disclosure requirements cost a majority of surveyed advisers between $50,000 and $200,000, while a significant minority estimated total compliance cost from $200,000 to over $400,000.
  > A majority of respondents found the compliance cost will range from $50,000 to $200,000. However, a significant minority estimates the total compliance cost will range from $200,000 to over $400,000.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Hedge Fund Manager Registration Under the Dodd-Frank Act (2012). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2150377
- [2150377-024](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2150377-024) [empirical/evidenced] -- The time burden of complying with all federal rules applicable to hedge fund advisers has a median of 500 hours per year, with three quarters of respondents at 750 hours or less and a quarter above that, so the burden distribution is skewed rather than uniform.
  > The median response was 500 hours per year. Seventy-five percent of respondents believed the federal rules would take 750 hours or less each year. On the other hand, 25% indicated the federal rules would require more than 750 hours.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Hedge Fund Manager Registration Under the Dodd-Frank Act (2012). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2150377

**2014**

- [2389423-034](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2389423-034) [empirical/argued] -- The results suggest that the private fund industry may be more robust and less affected by financial regulation than other financial services providers.
  > The results suggest that the private fund industry may be more robust and less affected by financial regulation than other financial services providers.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Impact of Dodd-Frank Act Compliance Cost on the Hedge Fund Industry (2014). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2389423
- [2447306-012](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2447306-012) [empirical/evidenced] -- Initial Form PF compliance was inexpensive for most filers: 59.18 percent of respondents put the total cost of completing Form PF for the first time under $10,000.
  > The majority of respondents (59.18%) indicated that the total estimated cost of first time Form PF completion was under $10,000.00.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Private Fund Disclosures Under the Dodd-Frank Act (2014). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2447306
- [2447306-022](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2447306-022) [empirical/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- Asked what the SEC should fix first, respondents named the burdensome nature and the ambiguity of Form PF as the most pressing issues, not the substance of what is disclosed.
  > Respondents identified the burdensome nature and the ambiguity of Form PF as the most pressing issues with Form PF.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Private Fund Disclosures Under the Dodd-Frank Act (2014). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2447306
- [2447306-039](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2447306-039) [empirical/evidenced] -- The measured effect of Form PF data reporting on the private fund industry is milder than the pre-adoption debate predicted.
  > The findings of this study suggest that the overall effect of Form PF data reporting requirements on the private fund industry may be less severe than widely expected.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Private Fund Disclosures Under the Dodd-Frank Act (2014). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2447306
- [2447306-040](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2447306-040) [empirical/argued] -- On the cost evidence collected here for both smaller and larger advisers, the industry's long standing objection that mandatory registration and disclosure would inappropriately burden investment advisers is mostly unfounded.
  > the industry's concerns that mandatory private fund adviser registration and disclosure requirements could inappropriately burden investment advisers59 seem to be mostly unfounded.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Private Fund Disclosures Under the Dodd-Frank Act (2014). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2447306
- [2486570-021](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2486570-021) [empirical/argued] -- The increasing execution of non and deferred prosecution agreements since 2002 has raised the overall regulatory burden borne by the corporate entities subject to them.
  > since 2002 the increasing execution of N/DPAs has heightened the overall regu- latory burden for corporate entities that are subject to N/DPAs.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Timothy Lacine, The Effect of Deferred and Non-Prosecution Agreements on Corporate Governance Evidence from 1993-20 (2014). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2486570

**2016**

- [2732915-002](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2732915-002) [empirical/evidenced] -- The private fund industry is adjusting well to the evolving post Dodd-Frank regulatory landscape, and the long-term impact of that landscape is much less intense than the industry itself initially anticipated.
  > This Article demonstrates that the private fund industry is adjusting well to the evolving regulatory landscape pertaining to it. The long-term impact of the evolving post Dodd-Frank Act regulatory landscape appears to be much less intense than the industry initially anticipated.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Private Fund Industry Five Years after the Dodd-Frank Act – A Survey Study (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2732915
- [2732915-004](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2732915-004) [empirical/evidenced] -- Although the industry adapted well to the post Dodd-Frank environment, the Act has already produced some negative effects on the private fund industry and may produce further negative long-term effects.
  > Nevertheless, the findings of this study show that the Act has already had some negative effects on the industry and that it may have some negative long-term effects.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Private Fund Industry Five Years after the Dodd-Frank Act – A Survey Study (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2732915
- [2732915-017](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2732915-017) [empirical/evidenced] -- Industry concerns about the burdensome nature of Title IV's mandatory private fund adviser registration and disclosure requirements appear mostly unfounded, although data inconsistencies remain a concern.
  > While data inconsistencies appear to be remain as a concerns,63 concerns over the burdensome nature of Title IV's mandatory private fund adviser registration and disclosure requirements64 seem to be mostly unfounded.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Private Fund Industry Five Years after the Dodd-Frank Act – A Survey Study (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2732915
- [2732915-023](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2732915-023) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Up to $100,000 in additional Dodd-Frank compliance cost is a significant imposition on a smaller private fund adviser, whereas larger and mid sized advisers can absorb it relatively easily or pass it on to clients, so the burden of Title IV is size dependent.
  > $100,000 in additional compliance costs imposed by the Dodd- Frank Act can be a significant imposition on a smaller private fund adviser, for the majority of larger or mid-sized investment advisers those compliance costs can be relatively easily absorbed and/or passed on to their clients.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Private Fund Industry Five Years after the Dodd-Frank Act – A Survey Study (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2732915
- [2739479-009](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2739479-009) [failure/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- Smaller private funds spend more on compliance than larger ones, both as a share of AUM and relative to operating costs, which means increasing regulatory scrutiny falls disproportionately on smaller funds.
  > Smaller private funds spend more on compliance costs than their larger counterparts—both as a percentage of AUM and in relation to oper- ating costs; this suggests that increasing regulatory scrutiny disproportionately impacts smaller funds.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Post Dodd-Frank Act Evolution of the Private Fund Industry Comparative Evidence from 2012 and 2 (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2739479
- [2739479-026](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2739479-026) [condition/evidenced] -- If compliance hour requirements are treated as a proxy for compliance cost, the survey data indicate that the cost of complying with all federal regulation, not just Dodd-Frank, increased between 2012 and 2015.
  > Assuming that compliance hour re- quirements are proxies for compliance costs, the comparative data in Figure 9, like that in Figure 7, suggest that the cost structure for all federal regulation increased between 2012 and 2015.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Post Dodd-Frank Act Evolution of the Private Fund Industry Comparative Evidence from 2012 and 2 (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2739479
- [2816408-004](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2816408-004) [empirical/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- The evidence contradicts the private fund industry's claim that private fund adviser registration under the Dodd-Frank Act negatively affects private fund performance.
  > This evidence contradicts claims of the private fund industry that private fund adviser registration under the Dodd-Frank Act negatively affects private fund performance.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Barbara Luppi, Sandra Paterlini, Did the Dodd-Frank Act Impact Private Fund Performance  – Evidence from 2010 – 2015 (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2816408

**2024**

- [4796714-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4796714-025) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Strict legacy regulation built on stable and presumptively optimal rules and enforced at the AI development stage can inadvertently stifle innovation by imposing rigid constraints before a model is fully developed or deployed.
  > Strict legacy type regulations with stable and presumptively optimal rules83 enforced at the development stage of AI might inadvertently stifle innovation.
  Wulf A. Kaal, AI Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4796714
- [4957318-004](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4957318-004) [mechanism/evidenced] -- Expanding regulatory oversight across sectors produces regulatory accretion, the cumulative growth of rules, which yields a complex and sometimes contradictory legal environment and burdens the very agencies charged with enforcement and oversight.
  > Regulatory accretion often results in a complex and sometimes contradictory legal environment, complicating compliance for businesses and individuals and creating burdens on regulatory agencies tasked with enforcement and oversight.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4957318

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