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The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority ("CIMA") will shortly publish statistics for calendar year 2005 confirming another record year for the hedge funds industry in the Cayman Islands. New hedge fund registrations in a single year have reached an all time high of 1,700.

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Originally published in The Lawyer, January 2006.

A Review of Private Sector and Regulatory Response to Developments in Cayman's Hedge Funds Industry

The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority ("CIMA") will shortly publish statistics for calendar year 2005 confirming another record year for the hedge funds industry in the Cayman Islands. New hedge fund registrations in a single year have reached an all time high of 1,700. This follows a 112% increase in new hedge fund registrations in 2004, with 1,495 new hedge funds established.

With CIMA also recently announcing registration of the 10,000th new Cayman hedge fund, there are now 150 licensed fund administrators and a total of 7,100 active hedge funds regulated by CIMA, taking into account hedge funds de-registered by CIMA since initial registration.

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