MFA Publishes June Policy Brief

The MFA released its June Policy Brief, focusing on important global hedge fund industry headlines, as well as recent MFA advocacy and education initiatives.

This month's stories include:

• MFA's recommendations to the FSOC on the matter of strengthening protections for non-public, sensitive and proprietary information.
• MFA, FIA, SIFMA, AMG and ICI's joint comment letter to the CFTC seeking to extend the compliance time for the bunched order rule.
• A WSJ op-ed by Bob Rice on the performance of hedge funds.
• The introduction of "What is a Hedge Fund?" - the first of a series of videos geared toward educating the public on the global hedge fund industry.
• The MFA's most recent Hedge Fund Fundamentals presentation, "Short Selling: An Important Tool for Price Discovery and Liquidity in the Financial Marketplace."

Click here to view MFA Policy Brief in full (links externally to MFA website).