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The proliferation of hedge funds - along with the high risk, high reward positions that they take and the ever-present potential for fraud - brings with it the increased risk of financial collapse of the unlucky or undiversified ones.

The phenomenon has already shown itself with some recent high-profile collapses. The majority of hedge funds are organised and registered in offshore jurisdictions, yet when trouble arises United States Bankruptcy Court protection is frequently sought, in large

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