# Retailization `kaal:entity:retailization` **Status.** derived This node is assembled mechanically from the 7 claims that carry the concept tag `retailization`. 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 7 claims across 3 works, 2009 to 2016. **2009** - [1428387-017](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/1428387-017) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Although regulators and legislatures in many jurisdictions recognize that hedge fund issues affect retail investors, they have so far not addressed valuation and its interplay with retail investors. > So far, however, regulators and legislatures have not addressed the issue of valuation and its interplay with retail investors. The Kaal, Hedge Fund Valuation Retailization, Regulation, and Investor Suitability (2009). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1428387 - [1428387-018](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/1428387-018) [mechanism/argued] -- State de minimis investment adviser registration exemptions can be an attractive alternative to federal law for hedge fund managers, especially in a fund's start-up phase, because state registration would require an ADV filing and significant transaction costs the manager wants to avoid. > Accordingly, certain state de minimis investment adviser registration exemptions for investors could be an attractive alternative to federal laws for hedge fund manager, especially in the start-up phase of a hedge fund. Kaal, Hedge Fund Valuation Retailization, Regulation, and Investor Suitability (2009). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1428387 - [1428387-019](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/1428387-019) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- State Blue Sky investment adviser registration exemptions are not by themselves sufficient to explain retailization or to justify the absence of data on it; they only indicate theoretically how previously unqualified investors could gain access to hedge funds. > Investment adviser registration exemptions under state Blue Sky laws would probably not suffice to explain the phenomenon of retailization or justify any data insufficiencies. Kaal, Hedge Fund Valuation Retailization, Regulation, and Investor Suitability (2009). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1428387 - [1428387-020](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/1428387-020) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The Commodity Exchange Act family and friends exemption allows a qualifying manager to trade options and futures for fifteen individuals who need not be sophisticated or qualified investors, which circumvents accredited investor standards and admits retail investors into hedge funds. > "families and friends" program, he or she will be able to trade options and futures for 15 individuals who will not have to qualify as sophisticated or qualified investors. This helps to circumvent accredited investor standards and allow retail investors into hedge funds. Kaal, Hedge Fund Valuation Retailization, Regulation, and Investor Suitability (2009). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1428387 - [1428387-040](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/1428387-040) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Regulating on the basis of retailization would not currently be justifiable, because retailization cannot be quantified with any degree of certainty and regulation premised on speculation without proof or data validation would probably produce inadequate results. > Using a form of regulation that is premised on speculation without any proof or form of validation through data analysis would probably produce inadequate results and therefore would not be justifiable. (The SEC has not yet raised the Kaal, Hedge Fund Valuation Retailization, Regulation, and Investor Suitability (2009). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1428387 **2016** - [2748096-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2748096-025) [predictive/speculative] -- The growth of hedge fund replication strategies packaged in exchange traded funds may further increase the systemic risks associated with certain hedge fund strategies. > The growth of hedge fund replication strategies in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) may further increase hedge funds' systemic risks associated with certain strategies (Ramaswamy 2011). Wulf A. Kaal, Timothy A. Krause, Hedge Funds and Systemic Risk (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2748096 - [2811729-037](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2811729-037) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Given the risks to retail investors of investing in complex unconstrained mutual funds and the SEC's own concern about the retailization of private funds, it is unclear why the SEC has not acted to enhance protections for retail purchasers of unconstrained mutual fund shares. > Given the risks to retail investors of investing in relatively complex UMFs, and the SEC's overall concern about the "retailization" of private funds, it is unclear why the SEC has not taken action to enhance protections for retail investors seeking to purchase shares of a UMF. Wulf A. Kaal, Unconstrained Mutual Funds and Retail Investor Protection (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2811729 ## Verify Every claim above resolves to a record carrying a verbatim source quote, the sha256 of the source PDF, and a preformatted citation. 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