TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ;
A. BACKGROUND: SURVEYING THE LAND OF HEDGE FUNDS ;
B. AL\t AND SCOPE: DETERMINING THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF DISSERTATION;
C. STRUCTURE: THE WINGS OF HEDGE FUNDS ;
HEDGE FUND REGULATIONS . ;
A. DEFINITION OF HEDGE FUNDS: CRIPPLED, BROKEN AND BRANDISHED ;
B. CHARACTERISTICS: THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE ;
C. FUNDS: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY ;
1. Hedge funds and Mutual funds: The Wolf and the Elephant. ;
2. Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds: The Wolf and the Earth Worm;
3. Hedge Funds and Venture Capital Funds: The Wolf and the Bear ;
D. ADVANTAGFS: DEEP RISK AND DEEP REWARDS ;
III. ISSUES INVOVLED IN REGULATION OF HEDGE FUNDS ;
A. THE GHOSTS OF REGULATION: SHOULD HEDGE FUNDS BE REGULATED OR NOT?;
B. T HE TOOLS: MODELS FOR REGULATING HEGDE FUNDS ;
1. Spectator Model: No Direct Regulation Approach ;
2. Garden Model: Regula ting Funds only Approach ;
3. Gardener Model: Regula tion of Fund Managers only ;
4. What can Combine may Always Combine: Combinative approach ;
IV. HEDGE FUND REGULATION IN INDIA . ;
A. OVERVIEW: THE OLD WINE AND THE NEW ;
B. BLACK WATER : LEGAL STRATEGY PRIOR To2012 ;
1. Kissed by Disclosures: Disclosure strategy ;
2. T he Horror: Domiciliary and Restriction strategy ;
3. T he Number game: Quantitative Strategy and The registration ;
C. T HE DANCE OF MODELS: ANALYSIS OF REGULATORY MODELS ;
D. KILL THE REGULATIONS: STRATEGY OF HDGE FUNDS IN INDIA ;
V. HEDGE FUND REGULATION IN US . ;
A. SEC's MERCY: OVERVIEW ;
B. THE GIFT: REGULATION PRIOR TO DODD-FRANK ;
1. The Free fall: Investment Company Act of 1940 ;
2. T he Climb: Securities Act 1933 ;
3. Beyond the Climb: Investment Advisers Act 1940 ;
C. THE STRANGLE HOLD: HEGDE FUND REGULATION POST DODD-FRANK ACT.;
VI. HEDGE FUND REGULATION IN UK ;
A. T HE BOOK OF PRINCIPLES: OVERVIEW ;
B. THE LAWSOF1'RADERS: FOREAIFMD ;
1. Breaker of Managers: Hedge Fund manager regulation ;
2. Walk of Marketing: Hedge Fund Marketing Regulation ;
3. Hedge Fund Regulation ;
C. THE REIGNOFTHE REGUD TOR : HEDGE FuND REGULATION POST AIFMD;
1. The Second Sons: The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive;
2. The Regulator Remembers: Impact of AIFMD and UK hedge fund regulation.;
VII. RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ;
A. THE WINDS OF FUTURE: REGULATING HEGDE FUNDS IN THE FUTURE ;
B. THE LONG DEBATE: BEST MODEL .