Barclay Indices

The Barclay Indices are recalculated and updated real-time on this page as soon as the monthly returns for the underlying funds are recorded. The number of funds that are currently included in the calculations for the most recent month can be found in the footnotes below.

Please note that the calculation for each index as well as the number of funds included in the calculation is time-stamped. The number of funds included in the calculation will continue to increase until all funds categorized within the sector have reported monthly returns. For a more complete description on each of the indices including the complete historical data set, please click on the names of the individual indices below.

	August ROR†	Number of funds reporting†	YTD through August †
Barclay Hedge Fund Index	0.32%	248	2.31%
Hedge Fund Industry Money Under Management
SUB INDICES
Convertible Arbitrage Index	1.71%	9	7.06%
Distressed Securities Index	3.19%	2	10.17%
Emerging Markets Index	0.54%	47	2.93%
Equity Long Bias Index	-1.60%	31	-1.34%
Equity Long/Short Index	0.27%	61	0.08%
Equity Market Neutral Index	0.48%	12	1.29%
Equity Short Bias Index	1.27%	1	-2.24%
European Equities Index	-1.38%	5	-2.21%
Event Driven Index	0.85%	9	4.08%
Fixed Income Arbitrage Index	-0.24%	4	6.68%
Fund of Funds Index	-0.06%	50	-0.86%
Global Macro Index	0.81%	12	0.77%
Healthcare & Biotechnology Index	2.54%	4	4.74%
Merger Arbitrage Index	0.69%	2	3.40%
Multi Strategy Index	-0.81%	3	2.78%
Pacific Rim Equities Index	-0.14%	3	-0.01%
Technology Index	3.72%	6	6.02%
†Estimated performance for August 2010, number of funds included and YTD calculated with reported data as of Sep-3-2010 03:25 US CST

 

	August ROR†	Percentage of funds reporting†	YTD through August†
Barclay CTA Index	0.94%	35.95%	-0.14%
CTA Industry Money Under Management
SUB INDICES
Agricultural Traders Index	1.05%	15.38%	3.68%
Currency Traders Index	0.11%	28.42%	2.94%
Discretionary Traders Index	0.29%	24.43%	-0.02%
Diversified Traders Index	1.37%	39.10%	-1.89%
Fin./Met. Traders Index	0.81%	36.14%	1.19%
Systematic Traders Index	1.16%	39.89%	-0.38%
†Estimated performance for August 2010, percentage of reporting funds, and YTD calculated with reported data as of Sep-3-2010 03:25 US CST

 

	Sep-01-2010 ROR†	MTD†	YTD†
BTOP FX Index	-0.21%	-0.21%	5.18%
Newedge CTA Index	-0.45%	-0.45%	4.23%
Morningstar Long/Short Commodity Index	0.27%	0.27%	-7.49%
AlternativeEdge Short-Term Traders Index	-0.14%	-0.14%	1.85%
†Estimated performance as of Sep-3-2010 03:25 US CST

 

	MTD thru Sep-01-2010†	August ROR†	YTD
BTOP50 Index	-0.23%	2.78%	-2.27%
†Estimated performance as of Sep-3-2010 03:25 US CST