EUROPE: Hedge Funds: developments and Policy Implications

Thursday January 19 2006

In the European Central Bank `s monthly bulletin for January 2006, there is an article `Hedge Funds: developments and Policy Implications.` The article describes the main features of the hedge fund industry and discusses recent developments.

It also provides an overview of the current policy debate on regulations, which is centred on the implications of the increasing role of hedge funds for the financial system and the possible public and private sector initiatives to address them. The article can be found at the above link.