This was, after all, a hedge fund that delivered implausibly consistent, and consistently good, returns. These were verified by a firm of auditors employing all of three people. Mr Madoff dealt through his own in-house broker, raising questions about custody of assets and internal control. Many experts felt the options trading strategy he claimed to pursue could not have generated such returns with so many billions under management. Why were professional as well as private investors taken in?
毕竟,这是一家回报率一直良好、稳健得令人难以置信的对冲基金。这些得到了一家只有三名员工的审计公司的证实。马多夫通过自己公司的内部经纪人进行交易,从而引发了对资产托管以及内部控制的疑问。许多专家觉得,在管理着数十亿资产的情况下,马多夫自称采用的期权交易策略不可能创造出这样的回报。为什么专业人士和私人投资者都上了当?