Commonly Used Terms in Derivative Market
February 12, 2025
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Hedge funds are requested to take a declaration from their clients verifying that the money being invested has not been realized as a result of criminal or illegal activities. Also, hedge funds are required to ask their customers to give a declaration that their name does not feature on the list of high risk investors. In case their name appears on such a list, hedge funds are instructed to not accept money from them.
For instance A makes an investment in a hedge fund and while withdrawing the amount asks for the money to be deposited in B’s account. B then makes a separate investment and while withdrawing gets the money credited to C’s account. This process is repeated several times until a huge web of transactions is created to obscure the relationship between the sender and the receiver. To counter this problem, hedge funds must ensure that they only transfer money back to the same entity or person who invested with them. When people ask for their interests to br transferred to third parties that should be a definite red flag and must raise an alarm.
Hedge funds must therefore be very careful as to whom they accept money from. Failure to know the background of their customers is likely to get these funds involved in major legal hassles. Although, they are free from most regulations, they still have to be careful to not be part to felonies like money laundering.
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