1. Introduction to Private Investment Funds 1
2. Marketing Private Investment Funds 36
3. Taxation of Private Investment Funds 60
4. The Legal Duties Arising from the Provision of Investment Advisory and Management Services 81
5. The Regulatory Duties Arising from the Provision of Investment Advisory and Management Services 103
6. Governance Issues in Partnerships Used as Private Investment Funds 127
7. Governance Issues in Offshore Companies Used as Private Investment Funds 152
8. Investor Protection Failures in Private Investment Funds 166
9. Recent US and EU Regulatory Responses 183
10. Self-Regulation and Private Actors 204
11. Side Letters as a Means of Mitigating the Governance Challenge 227
12. Board of Directors Composition as a Means to Mitigating the Governance Challenge 241
13. Listings of Private Investment Funds as Means of Mitigating the Governance Challenge 262
14. Evaluating and Implementing Private Monitoring Solutions 278
Index 299