Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index up +0.62% in April

FORT PIERCE, Fla. - May 15, 2016 - PRLog -- The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index ended April up +0.62% driven by positive performance in Distressed and Long/Short Credit Strategies.  Global equity markets continued to rally with the MSCI World index up 1.38%.  Bond markets as measured by the Barclays Aggregate Bond Index were up +0.38%.

Global Index Strategy Highlights

·         Distressed managers were the best performing strategy in April up 2.34%.

·         Convertible Arbitrage managers also performed well up 2.23%.

·         Long/Short Credit managers had a solid month up 2.06%.

·         Growth managers lead the Long/Short equity group to a positive return of 0.94%.

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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