Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index down -2.49% in January

Feb. 20, 2016 - PRLog -- Greenwich, CT, USA, February 19, 2015

The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index ended January down -2.49% driven by poor performance in Long/Short Equity and Event Driven Strategies.  Global equity markets declined with the MSCI World index down -6.05%.  Bond markets as measured by the Barclays Aggregate Bond Index were up +1.38%.

Global Index Strategy Highlights

·         Long/Short Equity managers were the worst performing major group down -5.14%.

·         Event Driven managers also performed poorly down -1.92%.

·         Despite positive credit markets, Long/Short Credit funds were down -1.27%.

·         Managers of Futures and Short-Biased equity strategies were the only strategies positive in January.

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 second week. Past performance and index construction rules for all Greenwich Hedge Fund Indices may be viewed at www.greenwichai.com.