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Opalesque Ltd., a leading provider of online information services to the alternative investment industry, today announced the official launch of the Opalesque Solutions Emanagers Database and Index series. The Opalesque Emanagers Total Index is based on currently 293 emerging hedge fund and managed futures fund managers listed in the Emanagers database, the industry's only database dedicated exclusively to hedge fund management firms less than 48 months old and with assets under management of less than $600 million at the time of the firm's inception.

The Emanagers Total Index, currently consisting of 198 hedge funds and 94 managed futures funds, lost 1.91% in September and is down 3.62% year to date. Since January 2009, the index has performed exceptionally well, returning 34.5% in 2009 and 18.73% in 2010, adding to a cumulative return of 53.89%. Funds listed in the Emanagers Database thus managed to outperform both the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index and the MSCI World Index every year so far since 2009.

To provide a more detailed picture and allow for reasonable comparison, Opalesque also created two sub-indices, namely the Emanagers Hedge Fund Index and the Emanagers CTA Index. Our data shows that although managed futures strategies and hedge fund strategies tend to perform almost independently in normal market conditions, the correlation changes to a strong negative in times of market turmoil, like the ones experienced in late 2008 to early 20......................

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