Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Estimated to Finish Up 3.61% In May
Hedge fund managers posted positive returns across all major strategies in May except for Managed Futures, which were down 20 bps. Returns were driven by favorable investment conditions across equity, credit and commodities markets. India led the positive trend in Emerging Markets, with the [...]
IndexIQ Introduces First ETF to Replicate Global Macro & Emerging Markets Hedge Fund Strategies
IndexIQ has introduced today the first Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) designed to capture the risk and return characteristics of two of the most dynamic hedge fund strategies - global macro and emerging markets.
The IQ Hedge Macro Tracker ETF (NYSE Arca: MCRO) seeks to [...]
New Credit Suisse/Tremont Research Paper Examines the Recent Turnaround in the Convertible Arbitrage Space
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index has released a new research report, Convertible Arbitrage: Shifting Gears, which examines the reasons behind the Convertible Arbitrage meltdown in 2008 and the factors driving the strategy’s recent turnaround.
Convertible Arbitrage went from being one of [...]
Credit Suisse/Tremont Completes Semi-Annual Rebalancing of the AllHedge Index, the Blue Chip Index and the LEA Index
NEW YORK, Apr 24, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Credit Suisse Index Co., Inc announced that as of April 1, 2009, the Credit Suisse/Tremont AllHedge Index, the Credit Suisse/Tremont Blue Chip Index and the Credit Suisse/Tremont Specialty Indices completed [...]
Hedge Funds Post Positive Returns in March to Finish the First Quarter Up 0.85% as Risk Appetite Returns to Global Markets
NEW YORK, Apr 20, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Credit Suisse/Tremont Broad Hedge Fund Index finished up 0.65% in March, as the return of risk appetite in the markets challenges many managers’ assumptions of a [...]
Credit Suisse Announces the Launch of New Global Macro Replication Index
New index aims to capture risk/return characteristics of Credit Suisse/Tremont Global Macro Hedge Fund Index
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Credit Suisse today announced the launch of a new Global Macro Replication Index which aims to capture the risk/return characteristics of the Credit Suisse/Tremont Global Macro Hedge Fund Index. [...]
HEDGE FUNDS ADVANCE 1.37% IN MARCH
Hedge Funds Lag Equities as Markets Rally Sharply in March
April 8, 2009 – New York, NY – Hennessee Group LLC, a consultant and adviser to direct investors in hedge funds, announced today that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced +1.37% in March (+1.09% YTD), while the S&P 500 advanced +8.54% [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]