Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Lawmaker sees bill requiring hedge fund records

(Reuters) - Rep. Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, said his planned bill would help protect investors in the lightly regulated hedge fund industry by giving federal agencies the ability to examine funds' records of trades, e-mail exchanges and other documents.




"They'll have to retain data of records of trades for the purpose of insider trading enforcement," Frank told reporters after holding a hearing on hedge fund risks. "Anybody in the business is going to have to retain their data."


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