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The Top 10 Hedge Funds to Watch in 2013

An Industry in Flux

Big changes are coming to the U.S. hedge fund industry in 2012. Thanks to Dodd-Frank, funds will have to meet expensive and unprecedented disclosure and reporting standards. And there's new competition: The Volcker Rule is spurring bank proprietary traders to hang out their own hedge fund shingles. But there's also new opportunity. A recently enacted clause of the JOBS Act allows hedge funds to advertise their wares. Here are 10 hedge funds whose management and track records suggest that they're equipped to navigate 2013's uncertain terrain.

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