Reconsidering Funds of Hedge Funds

Chapter 31

Canada and Australia

Do They Provide a Regulatory Model for Funds of Hedge Funds?

David Edmund Allen, Raymond Robert Boffey and Robert John Powell, School of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia

Chapter Outline

31.1 Introduction

31.2 FoHFs Statistical Comparisons Between Australia and Canada

31.2.1 FoHFs Asset Size and Growth

31.2.2 FoHFs Performance

31.3 FoHFs Regulation

31.3.1 Australian FoHFs Regulation

31.3.2 Canadian FoHFs Regulation

31.3.3 Comparisons Between Australian and Canadian FoHFs Regulation

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

31.1 Introduction

Australia and Canada have many similarities, such as their land size, population density, and economic output (Australian ...