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Systemic Problems

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Does regulation single out hedge funds?

The too-big-to-fail bill that has generated much discussion. It has singled out large hedges as required contributors to a special fund that would be used to wind down large firms. Bloomberg reports that the industry is chafing because the systemic-risk legislation in the house anyway requires

Is risk back in vogue?

If you're in the financial services industry, you know there's long been a debate about VAR and whether it is a meaningful indicator of risk. Whatever your view on the issue--and I think most of us would agree that it's flawed--it does attract media attention. Bloomberg reports that Goldman Sa