Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index up +0.09% in February

PALM BEACH, Fla. - March 18, 2016 - PRLog -- The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index ended February up +0.09% driven by positive performance in Futures and Event Driven Strategies.  Global equity markets declined with the MSCI World index down -0.96%.  Bond markets as measured by the Barclays Aggregate Bond Index were up +0.71%.

Global Index Strategy Highlights

·         Futures managers were the best performing group up +2.18%.

·         Event Driven managers also performed well up +0.67%.

·         Despite positive credit markets, Long/Short Credit funds were down -0.86%.

·         Long/Short equity strategies continued to struggle down -0.50% for February and down   -5.56% YTD.

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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