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The Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Director Andrew Bowden says that investment advisers should be careful when putting investors in alternative mutual funds<\/a>. The agency says there has been a rise in complex trading strategies in mutual funds and nontraditional investments, with assets in alternative mutual funds reaching $168 billion in October. This is an increase from the $158 billion achieved the previous year.<\/p>\n

While using these mutual funds may raise returns, investors can be placed at greater risk in the event that the market were to drop, especially if these products involved have limited secondary markets. Bowden says the agency intends to conduct a sweep of the $200 billion alternative find industry and examine the way it uses specific private fund strategies in public-traded investments. <\/p>\n

It was last month that the SEC announced that it would look at both hedge fund and alternative investment strategies in exchange-traded funds, open-ended funds, and variable annuity structures. The regulator wants to look at if the ways that the funds are being promoted comply with regulations.<\/p>\n

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