To add to the industry's problems, it faces renewed interest from regulators. Managers are particularly exercised by a draft European directive which will impose limits on leverage and greater requirements for transparency, which could limit returns. Among other things, the new rules also require prime brokers to be resident in the same jurisdiction as their clients, a mindless piece of bureaucracy. From being masters of the universe two years ago, hedge-fund managers now fear becoming servants of Brussels.

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