All six Market Vectors Hedge Fund Beta Indices were negative in August, according to Market Vectors Index Solutions.
MV Emerging Markets L/S Equity Hedge Fund Beta Index was the worst performer with a return of -1.55 per cent, followed by MV Global L/S Equity Hedge Fund Beta Index (-1.53 per cent) and MV North America L/S Equity Hedge Fund Beta Index (-1.52 per cent).
The top performer was MV Global Event L/S Equity Hedge Fund Beta Index with return of -0.51 per cent, while MV Asia (Developed) L/S Equity Hedge Fund Beta Index and MV Western Europe L/S Equity Hedge Fund Beta Index returned -0.66 per cent and -0.98 per cent respectively.
Each index is constructed using transparent, liquid exchange-traded funds to produce hedge fund-style returns without hedge fund pricing, opaqueness and redemption restrictions.
With a history stretching back to 2003, the Market Vectors Hedge Fund Beta Indices use a patented methodology in seeking to capture the beta returns of universes of statistically similar hedge funds that exhibit in aggregate consistently high concentrations of beta. MVIS currently offers four regional and two global long/short hedge fund strategies.
