WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) â Hedge-fund and private-equity managers will have to register and open their books to surprise examinations by the Securities and Exchange Commission http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sec-hedge-funds-must-open-up-their-books-2010-11-19
You are nitpicking. In the context, "surprise" probably means the audits won't be regular. "Surprised" by advance notice. That kind of thing...