NEW YORK,
June 2, 2015
/PRNewswire/ -- The Credit Suisse LAB Index was up
0.83% in May.
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index ("CSLAB"),
which aims to reflect the performance of the overall hedge fund
industry, finished up 0.83% in May. The Long/Short Equity strategy
was the strongest performer, finishing up 1.28% in May. The Managed
Futures strategy remains the highest performer year-to-date, up
7.81%.
Performance for the LAB indices is shown below. Research,
performance, descriptions, statistics and downloadable index
performance history can be found online at
www.credit-suisse.com/lab or on Bloomberg at < ILAB
>.
|
May 2015
|
April 2015
|
YTD 2015
|
Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta
Index
|
0.83%
|
-0.38%
|
3.08%
|
Credit Suisse Event Driven Liquid
Index
|
0.24%
|
1.37%
|
4.28%
|
Credit Suisse Global Strategies Liquid
Index
|
1.00%
|
-1.13%
|
2.73%
|
Credit Suisse Long/Short Liquid
Index
|
1.28%
|
-0.46%
|
2.26%
|
Credit Suisse Merger Arbitrage Liquid
Index
|
-0.09%
|
1.78%
|
1.46%
|
Credit Suisse Managed Futures Liquid
Index
|
0.81%
|
-3.96%
|
7.81%
|
About LAB Indices
The LAB indices are calculated by Alternative Liquid
Trading Strategies (ALTS™), a specialized investment boutique
within Credit Suisse Asset Management. The ALTS™ team is comprised
of investment professionals with extensive experience in research,
investment strategy development, portfolio management, and
trading.
The LAB series of indices seek to provide exposure to the
aggregate risk and return characteristics of hedge fund strategies
using liquid, tradable instruments. LAB indices are priced daily
and constructed using an objective and transparent rules-based
methodology.
The LAB series includes six separate indices which are
distinguishable in terms of their level of granularity, reflecting
the belief that the various strategies within the hedge fund
industry are exposed to different risks and as such need to be
modeled separately:
- The Credit Suisse Long/Short Liquid Index seeks to reflect the
return of hedge funds as represented by the Long/Short Equity
sector of the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, Bloomberg ticker,
CSLABLS;
- The Credit Suisse Event Driven Liquid Index seeks to reflect
the return of hedge funds as represented by the Event Driven sector
of the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, Bloomberg ticker,
CSLABED;
- The Credit Suisse Global Strategies Liquid Index seeks to
reflect the return of all remaining hedge fund strategies not
defined as Long/Short or Event Driven, Bloomberg ticker,
CSLABGS;
- The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index seeks to
reflect the return of the overall hedge fund industry, as
represented by the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, by combining the
Long/Short, Event Driven and Global Strategies Liquid Index models,
Bloomberg ticker, CSLAB;
- The Credit Suisse Merger Arbitrage Liquid Index seeks to gain
broad exposure to the Merger Arbitrage strategy using a pre-defined
quantitative methodology to invest in a liquid, diversified and
broadly representative set of announced merger deals, Bloomberg
ticker, CSLABMA; and
- The Credit Suisse Managed Futures Liquid Index seeks to gain
broad exposure to the Managed Futures strategy using a pre-defined
quantitative methodology to invest in a range of asset classes
including: equities, fixed income, commodities and currencies,
Bloomberg ticker, CSLABMF.
Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC is a subsidiary of
Credit Suisse and is headquartered at 1 Madison Avenue,
New York, NY
10010-3629.
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Suisse's parent company, Credit Suisse Group AG, are listed in
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