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From the Associated Press
The fast-growing hedge fund industry has boosted financial markets by injecting millions of dollars into them but also poses potential risks to the system, a Treasury Department official said Tuesday.
The department will monitor and examine the trillion-dollar industry, Randy Quarles, the undersecretary for domestic finance, told a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee.
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