Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index up +0.55% in February with Mixed Initial Results

March 5, 2013 - PRLog -- Hedge Fund Strategy Highlights
• Hedge funds show mixed results for February, but all strategies remain positive year to date
• Initial estimates reveal February’s leading strategy is Event-Driven (+1.18%), followed by Long-Short Equity (+1.04%); both strategies were top performers in January as well
• Futures managers continue to struggle to maintain gains, losing -0.59% in February. This is now the only primary strategy reporting a negative 12 month return (-3.46%) on average
• Long-Short Credit (-0.38%) and Multi-Strategy (-0.21%) managers also posted marginally negative initial results for February, in what was a difficult environment for many hedge funds

Strategy Index Flash Returns          February         YTD

   Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index          0.55%          2.99%

         Equity Market Neutral          0.83%          1.90%

         Event Driven          1.18%          3.80%

         Arbitrage          0.83%          2.17%

         Long-Short Equity          1.04%          4.61%

         Futures          -0.59%          0.54%

         Macro          0.69%          2.58%

         Long-Short Credit          -0.38%          1.10%

         Multi-Strategy          -0.21%          1.60%
The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index is one of the oldest benchmarks of the hedge fund universe. Full Strategy and Regional results for February will be available in mid-March, once additional funds have submitted returns. Final Index results will be available on the third business day in April. Past performance and indices construction rules for all Greenwich Hedge Fund Indices may be viewed at www.greenwichai.com.

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