With systemic risk and hedge funds in mind, the International Organization of Securities Commissions has released details of a template for the global collection of hedge fund information which it believes will assist in assessing possible systemic risks arising in this sector. Such a template will ensure consistency of information collection and exchange amongst regulators.
There are 11 proposed categories of information – see the attached for details.
Note that it is proposed that the first data gathering exercise could be carried out as early as September this year.
