Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index Finished Up 1.04% in September

Press release from the issuing company

Tuesday, October 16th, 2012

The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 1.04% for the month of September.

Performance for the Broad Index and its 10 sub-strategies is calculated monthly. September, August and YTD 2012 performance numbers are listed below and are available at www.hedgeindex.com.

 

Index

Sep-12  

Aug-12  

2012 YTD  

       

Broad Index

1.04%

0.84%

5.61%

Convertible Arbitrage

0.40%

0.44%

5.86%

Dedicated Short Bias

-3.78%

-4.25%

-17.56%

Emerging Markets

2.21%

0.84%

6.17%

Equity Market Neutral

0.56%

1.25%

0.02%

Event Driven

1.67%

1.18%

7.19%

   Distressed

1.78%

0.88%

8.28%

   Event Driven Multi-Strategy         

1.62%

1.32%

6.70%

   Risk Arbitrage

0.41%

0.52%

1.01%

Fixed Income Arbitrage

1.26%

1.02%

8.82%

Global Macro

0.60%

0.38%

3.28%

Long/Short Equity

1.57%

1.51%

5.97%

Managed Futures

-1.37%

-1.55%

0.12%

Multi-Strategy

0.80%

1.36%

8.23%

The following fund was dropped from the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index in September: Hermitage Fund.