The Post Dodd-Frank Act Evolution of the Private Fund Industry : Comparative Evidence from 2012 and 2015

This comparative survey study examines the private fund industry's reactions and adjustments to a rapidly evolving regulatory framework, three years after the first application of mandatory registration and disclosure rules for private fund advisers under the Dodd-Frank Act. Using two datasets (2012: N = 94; 2015: N = 69) for a population of 1267 registered investment advisers to add an historical time series perspective, the author analyzes and compares survey respondents' short- and long-term estimations of industry effects. The data suggest that immediate and short-term concerns have given way to adaptation to the changes