Europe’s Hedge Fund Oversight May Fall Only On Largest Firms

``Under proposed rules drafted by the European Commission, only “alternative investment fund managers” with at least €250 million (US$333 million) in assets under management would be covered by extensive new disclosure rules, Bloomberg News reports. The draft has not been finalized, but it is already attracting opposition for its failure to target funds as well as managers, as well as its exclusion of smaller firms, which would leave some 85% of hedge fund and private equity managers excluded from the new rules.''