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Hedge Fund Announces Impressive Returns

Mooring Intrepid Opportunity Fund Gains 222.8% at Two-Year Mark
Fund Posts 21.7% Increase YTD on Continued Deterioration in Commercial Real Estate, Corporate and Consumer Debt Markets
VIENNA, Va., March 31 /PRNewswire/ — Mooring Financial Corporation today reported performance results for Mooring Intrepid Opportunity Fund, L.P., an alternative assets investment vehicle. The Fund delivered a net gain to [...]

Hedge Fund Index - New Website

Credit Suisse/Tremont Launches Enhanced Chinese Version of Its Hedge Fund Index Website
HONG KONG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Credit Suisse Index Co., Inc today announced the launch of an enhanced Chinese version of its website: www.hedgeindex.com.
The newly enhanced website updates a previous Chinese version that was launched in October 2007 and it was designed to meet client demand as the [...]

More Information About Hedge Fund February Returns

Looking Deeper: Hedge Funds Decouple as Equity Markets Continue to Decline
NEW YORK, Mar 19, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Credit Suisse/Tremont Broad Hedge Fund Index finished down 0.88% in February, and has outperformed the MSCI World Index by 18.2% year-to-date, as hedge funds continue to decouple from equity markets. A Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index [...]

Hedge Fund Index Says Convertible Arbitrage Has Best Feb 09

RBC Hedge 250 Index(R) returned -0.62 per cent in February 2009
Year-to-date performance is 0.63 per cent
NEW YORK, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - RBC Capital Markets today reported that for the month of February 2009 the RBC Hedge 250 Index(R) had a net return of -0.62 per cent. This brings the year-to-date return of the Index to [...]

Hedge Fund Performance Down in February 2009

Dedicated Shorts Lead the Pack at +3.22%
Credit Suisse just released their update performance reports from February showing once again that hedge funds were down for the month.  Equity Market Neutral was the worst performing strategy at -5.61% for the month.
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Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Confirms February Performance Down 0.88%
NEW YORK, Mar 16, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) [...]

Listed Hedge Fund Firm Announcement

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC Announces Record Date for First Quarter 2009 Cash Dividend on Class A Shares
NEW YORK, March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (NYSE: OZM) (the “Company”) announced that its Board of Directors approved a record date of April 1, 2009 for the first quarter 2009 cash dividend on its [...]

Hedge Fund Results | February 2009

HFN Releases Hedge Fund Administrator Survey, February Asset Flow and Performance Estimates Investor Redemptions Slow Amid Near Record Outperformance of Equities
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HedgeFund.net (HFN) has published its semi-annual survey of hedge fund administrators, the Q4 2008 HFN Hedge Fund Administrator Survey, sponsored by Advent: http://www.hedgefund.net/reports/Admin_Survey/q408_survey.htm
The Q4 2008 HFN Administrator Survey contains information on hedge fund [...]

Hedge Fund January Returns Expected to be Positive

Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Estimated to Finish Up 0.80% for January
New York, February 10, 2009 — Early estimates indicate that the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index (“Broad Index”) will finish up approximately 0.80% in January, (based on 58% of assets reporting).
Faced with a barrage of weak corporate earnings and macro data in January, the [...]

Hedge Fund Performance December 2008

January 15, 2009
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index confirms December performance down 0.03%. Hedge Funds finish down 19.07% in 2008.
New York, January 15, 2009 Final Performance for the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index was down 0.03% in December, according to Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index Co., Inc.
Mr. Schupp said, “Despite a late month equity [...]

Hedge Funds Down in December | Finish Year Down 20%

January 15, 2009
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index confirms December performance down 0.03%. Hedge Funds finish down 19.07% in 2008.
New York, January 15, 2009 Final Performance for the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index was down 0.03% in December, according to Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index Co., Inc.
Mr. Schupp said, “Despite a late month equity [...]