Artigo do Financial Times sobre Hedge Funds

Hedge funds reject tougher regulation
By James Drummond
Published: October 28 2005 03:00 Last updated: October 28 2005 03:00

A trade body representing British and European hedge funds has rejected any suggestion of tougher regulation by the Financial Services Authority.
Today sees the end of a four-month consultation period in which interested parties could respond to two discussion papers on hedge funds issued by the City regulator in June.
The FSA said then that unless persuaded otherwise it would supervise up to 25 "high-impact" hedge funds more closely. Last month, it named its former head of asset management as the chief of a six-strong unit to monitor hedge fund activity.
But the Alternative Investment Management Association, which has 270 corporate members, said yesterday that the FSA's perception of undue risk to markets from hedge funds was misplaced.
"In AIMA's view, no evidence has been offered to suggest that hedge fund managers are likely to cause any more disruption to the market than other players," the trade body said yesterday.