The expected EU Directive in addition to generally more heightened demand for regulatory compliant alternative investments has already set in motion a wave of so-called UCITS- and NEWCITS-based funds. The question is whether they can truly live up to expectations, particularly with higher costs and lower returns?

Securities lending in it's old-school, pass-around-the-securities-and-collect-the-fees form is seemingly gone for good. But what form it will take now?

A study by the European Central Bank explores what happens when hedge fund investors and prime brokers want their money back in a hurry.

According to experts, a case currently before the US Supreme Court will "define the contours of a mutual fund adviser’s fiduciary duty with regard to compensation." Will it impact hedge funds too?

Liquidity is sacred, so long as you can see it, says the SEC, as it puts dark pools on its next-to-hit list.

For most businesses, completely taking down the sails and ceasing operations involves a lot more than a letter to investors and six-week's notice. Not for Galleon, apparently.

The name Goldstein is well known in the hedge fund world. The question, though, is whether the champion of marketing and solicitation rights has finally met his match.

After decades of relative calm, hedge funds have managed to stir up a hornets' nest of regulatory activity in 2009.

Ever wonder why so many hedge fund regulatory initiatives seem to end up in the trash? Here's one theory you probably haven't considered.

There are seemingly as many guides and standards on due diligence as there are hedge funds, but are they really worth following?

Here's a set of safety instructions every movie usher needs to have.

Regulation may not be all that bad for the hedge fund industry if the proposals of this author are adopted by the SEC.

The first week of summer has apparently brought a serious thaw in relations between the hedge fund industry and international regulators.

California and Connecticut are separated only by Colorado on an alphabetical list of US states. But when it comes to hedge fund regulation they may be attached at the hip.

Tough times bring boom times for a plethora of new hedge fund industry trade groups.

Hedge fund industry leaders wave a white flag in hopes of no longer being tagged as scapegoats for the world's financial ills.

A recently published study of the short selling bans in Europe concludes that they may have had a greater impact on overall market sentiment than they did on the actual stocks at which they were targeted.

Mounting regulatory pressure may have begun to expose fissures in the alternative investment community.

Last week, the International Organization of Securities Commissions provided its input to the upcoming G-20 Summit. A full reading reveals a notably diplomatic and balanced view of the role of hedge funds in global financial markets.

Ben Bernanke showed up at his annual Humphrey Hawkins testimony to talk about the risks posed by banks - specifically big banks. But what at least one Senator was just as concerned about another kind of institution.

The European Commission recently ended its call for input on what it should do about those pesky hedge funds. If this was a court case, you might say they were "leading the witnesses" a little.

Think hedge funds are the only ones defending short selling secrecy?