International Finance – Page 2

The Effect of the Dodd-Frank Act on Hedge Fund Performance – Presentation at George Washington University Law School

January 30, 2014

THE CENTER FOR LAW, ECONOMICS AND FINANCE AT THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL FOURTH ANNUAL JUNIOR FACULTY BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL LAW WORKSHOP AND JUNIOR FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP PRIZES Sponsored by Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP The George Washington University Law School 2000 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20052 February 7-8, 2014 Friday February 7 Welcome, […]

HEDGE FUND REGULATION SYMPOSIUM

October 17, 2013

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL CORPORATE INSTITUTE HEDGE FUND REGULATION SYMPOSIUM Tuesday, November 5, at 3:15-5:15PM (Reception to follow) University of Minnesota Law School Room 25 Applied for CLE Credits – 2 hours (No charge) RSVP to melloh@umn.edu US hedge fund regulation under the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010…European hedge fund regulation…legal and illegal use […]

Hedge Fund Performance after the Dodd-Frank Act – Presentation at the Midwestern Law & Economics Association

October 9, 2013October 9, 2013

Paper presentation at 9:00 AM on Friday, October 11 at the University of Illinois in Champaign Urbana – Presentation at the Midwestern Law & Economics Association. Hedge Fund Performance After the Dodd-Frank Act – A Regression Discontinuity Analysis by Wulf A. Kaal (UST Minneapolis)* Barbara Luppi (Modena Italy)* Sandra Paterlini (EBS Germany)* Abstract Title IV of […]

Presenting on “Hedge Fund Compliance Cost” at Canadian Law & Economics Association in Toronto

September 26, 2013

Presentation at the Canadian Law and Economics Association annual meeting on September 29, 2013 in Toronto: The Impact of Compliance Cost of Financial Regulation - Evidence from the Private Fund Industry by Wulf A. Kaal Abstract A common complaint about financial regulation is that it predominantly affects smaller firms because the cost of compliance brings increasing […]

Presenting on “Dynamic Regulation” at Canadian Law & Economics Association in Toronto

September 26, 2013September 26, 2013

Presentations at the Canadian Law and Economics Association annual meeting on September 28, 2013 in Toronto. Dynamic Regulation of the Financial Services Industry Wulf A. Kaal University of St. Thomas, Minnesota – School of Law 2013 Wake Forest Law Review, 2014, Forthcoming U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-24 Abstract: Governance adjustments […]

The Hedge Fund Industry after the Lift of the Ban on General Solicitation

July 11, 2013

The SEC yesterday approved final rules implementing one of the most important changes to securities regulation and offering practices in decades, as mandated by Congress in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (“JOBS”) Act: to lift the ban on general solicitation or advertising in offerings to accredited investors that are exempt from registration under Rule 506 […]

Lifting the Ban on General Solicitation for Private Funds

June 13, 2013June 13, 2013

I previously commented on the bright future for the hedge fund industry. More good news for the industry it seems: private funds could find the ban on general solicitation lifted very soon under SEC rules implementing the provisions of the JOBS Act. Europe’s pending new AIFM regime for alternative investments is stricter but still has lots […]