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UCITS hedge fund index gains 0.36% in March (+2.47% YTD)

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

The UCITS HFS Index that tracks UCITS funds using hedge fund strategies continues its positive run in 2015 with gains of 0.36% in March 2015, the third positive monthly result in a row, said Pfaeffikon-based service provider 2n20.com AG.

The broad index started slowly into the month, posting returns of 0.11% after the first week of trading. Momentum slowly built with additional gains of 0.25% and 0.21% in week two and three respectively, coming to an abrupt halt in week four though with a loss -0.20% for the UCITS HFS Index. Of all funds tracked 65.41% reported profits in March 2015.

"From a sub-strategy perspective ten of the twelve strategies reported positive results in March, the top performers being CTA (0.80%), long/short equity (0.68%) and Fixed Income (0.48%). The latter had to take a marginal loss in week one and was flat in week four, while CTA and long/short equity both were positive in each of the first three weeks, only having had to take a loss in the last week of March," 2n20.com said in its monthly report.

It added that the only two strategies that finished the month with a loss were commodity (-1.04%) and currency (-0.32%), both also being down for the year. Top performers in 2015 are CTA (4.39%), Global macro and long/short equity (both 4.05%) so far. From a year to date perspective the broad UCITS HFS Index now stands at 2.47% in 2015.......................

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