Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index up +1.51% in October

Nov. 17, 2015 - PRLog -- Greenwich, CT, USA, November 15, 2015

The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index ended October up +1.51% driven by strong performance in Long/Short Equity Strategies and Event Driven Strategies.  Global equity markets rebounded with the MSCI World index up +7.83%.  Bond markets as measured by the Barclays Aggregate Bond Index were slightly positive +0.02%.

Global Index Strategy Highlights

·         Long/Short equity managers were the best performing group +3.36%.

·         Event Driven strategies were the next best up +1.70%

·         Multi-Strategy managers were up +0.48% but lagged the Global Hedge Fund Index.

·         Future managers were the worst performing major group down -1.36%.

The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index is one of the oldest benchmarks of the hedge fund universe.  Final Index results will be available in next month’s first week. Past performance and index construction rules for all Greenwich Hedge Fund Indices may be viewed at www.greenwichai.com.

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