Greenwich, CT, USA, September 17, 2015 - Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index ended August down -2.25%

GREENWICH, Conn. - Sept. 17, 2015 - PRLog -- Greenwich, CT, USA, September 17, 2015

The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index ended August down -2.25% driven by poor performance in Long/Short Equity Strategies and Event Driven Strategies.  Global equity markets were down with the MSCI World index down -6.81%.  Bond markets as measured by the Barclays Aggregate Bond Index were down -0.14%.

Global Index Strategy Highlights

·         Long/Short Equity strategies were the worst performing funds in August down -3.58%

·         Event Driven managers also performed poorly down -1.91%.

·         Short Biased Equity funds were the best performing strategy up +8.30%.

·         Convertible Arbitrage managers have the best YTD performance up +3.77%.

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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