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   "text": "Limiting complex financial instruments in the portfolios of hedge funds open to retail investors, triggered once retail commitments exceed a set level of assets under management, would likely protect retail investors while limiting undue burdens on the industry.",
   "abstract": "limiting complex financial instruments in portfolios of hedge funds open to retail investors, if commitments from retail investors exceed some level of assets under management, would likely protect the interests of retail investors while at the same time limiting undue burdens for the industry.",
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   "text": "A retail investor asset threshold would be gamed: managers would be incentivized to keep retail assets under the applicable threshold, thereby keeping the fund in the existing regulatory scheme without implementing additional retail investor protection.",
   "abstract": "Managers would be incentivized to keep the assets from retail investors under the applicable retail investor asset threshold. Therefore, they would keep the fund in the current regulatory scheme without implementing additional protection for retail investors. Arguably, this would at least make",
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