The article provides a brief history of hedge fund adviser registration requirements under the Investment Advisers Act, an overview of the hedge fund adviser registration provision included in the Dodd-Frank Act, and a discussion of such provision's impact on private equity and venture capital funds

Startup companies and emerging ventures often face difficulty in gathering funds for their business entities. A group of investors who are wealthy and who are interested in new business ideas having potential, always come to the rescue of such startup companies. These investors are angels who...

We examine recent confrontational shareholder activism campaigns by hedge funds and by other private investors. The three main parallels between the groups are a significantly positive market reaction for the target firm around the initial Schedule 13D filing date, a further significant increase...