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.

Barclay Hedge Fund Indices Sep
ROR†
Number of
funds reporting†
YTD through
Sep †
Barclay Hedge Fund Index -6.64% 1616 -11.99%
Hedge Fund Industry Money Under Management    
SUB INDICES      
Convertible Arbitrage Index -9.07% 31 -14.34%
Distressed Securities Index -7.42% 42 -13.94%
Emerging Markets Index -10.74% 243 -25.06%
Equity Long Bias Index -8.33% 208 -14.99%
Equity Long/Short Index -4.88% 325 -8.24%
Equity Market Neutral Index -3.13% 54 -2.41%
Equity Short Bias Index 7.94% 14 23.42%
European Equities Index -7.07% 99 -6.82%
Event Driven Index -6.95% 78 -11.52%
Fixed Income Arbitrage Index -4.70% 27 -8.13%
Fund of Funds Index -5.80% 839 -12.08%
Global Macro Index -2.63% 87 -1.97%
Healthcare & Biotechnology Index -7.53% 18 -7.43%
Merger Arbitrage Index -3.02% 14 -1.31%
Multi Strategy Index -7.62% 49 -10.11%
Pacific Rim Equities Index -3.34% 57 -12.14%
Technology Index -4.51% 24 -7.48%
†Estimated performance for Sep 2008, number of funds included and YTD calculated with reported data as of October-14-2008 14:55 US CST

 
Barclay CTA Indices Sept ROR† Percentage
of funds
reporting†
YTD
through Sept†
Barclay CTA Index 0.12%76.55%7.26%
CTA Industry Money Under Management    
SUB INDICES      
Agricultural Traders Index 0.51%52.38%10.74%
Currency Traders Index 0.54%70.18%1.43%
Discretionary Traders Index 0.21%72.13%8.92%
Diversified Traders Index 1.57%81.13%14.16%
Fin./Met. Traders Index 0.88%77.23%3.79%
Systematic Traders Index 1.94%80.11%9.21%
†Estimated performance for Sept 2008, percentage of reporting funds, and YTD calculated with reported data as of October-14-2008 14:55 US CST

 
Daily Indices Oct-13-2008 ROR† MTD† YTD†
BTOP FX Index -0.26%-0.79%-1.02%
Newedge CTA Index (formerly Calyon Financial Barclay Index) -0.46%3.13%7.06%
AlternativeEdge Short-Term Traders Index 0.20%0.35%11.77%
†Estimated performance as of October-14-2008 14:55 US CST

 
Investable Benchmarks MTD thru Oct-10-2008† Sept ROR† YTD
BTOP50 Index 2.49%0.28%7.28%
†Estimated performance as of October-14-2008 14:55 US CST

 

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