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Hedge Fund Regulation Front and Center at 2007 Milken Institute Global Conference

With the record level of assets under management, the power to influence markets and effect corporate change, and the freedom to speculate on anything from interest rates to weather, hedge funds are important for the liquidity and efficiency of financial markets. With such power, however, who is keeping an eye on behalf of the public and investors? With a change in Congress and an upcoming presidential election, will hedge-fund regulation become an issue in 2007? What are the likely scenarios? - April 21, 2007