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Hedge Fund Failures (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Sept. 30, 2008
Report Number RL33746
Report Type Report
Authors Mark Jickling, Government and Finance Division; Heather Durkin Negley, Knowledge Services Group
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

This report lists major hedge fund failures since LTCM. Because hedge fundsare unregulated and do not file public financial statements, reports of the amount oflosses and the reasons for failure are usually second hand and subject to inaccuracies.The list is based on sources CRS considers generally reliable, but there are real limitson the availability of information.