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FAIRFIELD, Iowa, May 18, 2010– Managed futures gained 0.37% in April according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge.

“Profitable opportunities in currencies, commodities and fixed income provided the backdrop that propelled 63 percent of reporting managers into the win column for April,” says Sol Waksman, founder and president of BarclayHedge.

Read the entire Managed Futures Press Release by clicking here.

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FAIRFIELD, Iowa, May 13, 2010– Hedge funds gained 1.31% in April according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index has gained 4.58% in the first four months of 2010.

“Rising fears of default in the Euro zone were a negative for European equity markets,” says Sol Waksman, founder and president of BarclayHedge.

Read the entire Hedge Fund Press Release by clicking here.

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To see the latest hedge funds, fund of funds and CTAs that have launched recently or will be launching soon click here. Fund Managers who would like to see their new fund listed on Barclay’s website and featured in the next Insider Report, can submit new fund launch press releases directly to rmiller@barclayhedge.com. Below is a list of recent fund launches:

• AlphaSquare Sub Fund


• IFFX Foreign Exchange


• IPM RAFI® Emerging Markets Fund


• ISAM Systematic


• JBCM Fund Limited


• OM Global Investment Fund

From the May 2010 issue of Barclay's Insider Report. Accredited investors can subscribe to the full newsletter for free.

Labels: CTA, hedge funds, New Fund Launches

"How to Select an Independent Administrator" is the third installation in a series of articles related to fund administration, written by Dermot Butler, Chairman of Custom House Global Funds Services Ltd., and Barclay’s most recent Premier Partner.

In his paper, Butler points out what a fund manager should be looking at when selecting a fund administrator – beginning with a detailed due diligence questionnaire.

Read the full study here.

Labels: Barclay Insider Report, commodity trading advisor, CTA, flows into hedge funds, Fund Administration Research Articles, funds of hedge funds, Hedge Fund Administration, hedge fund research

By Alexander Ineichen, founder of IR&M and Senior Advisor to Prime Capital

Hedge funds (or “speculators”) are often blamed for causing mischief in financial markets. In this report, Ineichen takes the defense side and discusses the hedge fund blame game in relation to systemic risk and regulation.

Download the full article here.

From the May 2010 issue of Barclay's Insider Report. Accredited investors can subscribe to the full newsletter for free.

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Hedge funds had a positive month in March reflected by gains in seventeen of our eighteen indices. The average return for the 2,783 hedge funds (ex. FoFs) that have so far reported a March return is +2.88%. The estimates for April, along with the number of funds reporting for each of our 18 sectors can be found at the link below. These indices are being continually updated as current returns for the underlying hedge funds are recorded into our system. As of this writing, 17 of 18 hedge fund sectors are showing positive returns for April.

Commodity Trading Advisor performance for March as measured by the Barclay CTA Index averaged +0.49%. April's estimate based on the performance of the Barclay BTOP50 Index is +1.07%.

Hedge Fund Indices Managed Futures Indices

From the May 2010 issue of Barclay's Insider Report. Accredited investors can subscribe to the full newsletter for free.

Labels: Barclay Insider Report, commodity trading advisor, hedge fund performance

New York, NY – May 10, 2010 – TrimTabs Investment Research and BarclayHedge reported that the hedge fund industry posted an estimated inflow of $7.6 billion, or 0.5% of assets, in March 2010. Hedge fund assets stand at a 16-month high of $1.64 trillion.

“The Barclay Hedge Fund index is up 29.9% in the past 13 months,” said Sol Waksman, CEO of BarclayHedge. “Hedge funds returned an average 2.9% in March, the best performance since September 2009.”

Read the entire TrimTabs Asset Flows into Hedge Funds Press Release by clicking here.

Labels: BarclayHedge press release, CTA, flows into CTAs, flows into hedge funds, FoF, funds of hedge funds, hedge fund flows, hedge fund performance, hedge fund research, hedge funds, managed futures

The topical study from the May 2010 issue of The Hedge Fund Flow Report. Gain insight into industry trends and hedge fund asset flows before you make your next important decision.

Tracking the flows and assets of hedge funds is difficult because reporting them is voluntary. When fund managers stop reporting, BarclayHedge tracks them down and asks why. There are two reasons:

• The fund has been liquidated.
  
• The fund continues to operate, but is no longer interested in disclosing assets and performance to database providers, presumably because performance has been poor.

This survey of dropouts provides insight into industry trends. How many hedge funds disappear every year? Does the liquidation rate vary across strategies? How do liquidation rates compare to launch rates? Do fund managers disclose their losses, or do they stop reporting them when they are disastrous? We found that . . .

Accredited investors can read the entire article for free.

From the May 2010 issue of The Hedge Fund Flow Report. The Hedge Fund Flow Report combines the accuracy of the BarclayHedge database with the analytical insight of TrimTabs Investment Research. The report is generated by TrimTabs Investment Research using the most current data on thousands of hedge funds. An annual subscription includes 12 monthly updates as well as a spreadsheet containing historical flow aggregates by category.

To download a free sample of the entire TrimTabs Hedge Fund Flow Report, simply fill out this short request form.

Labels: CTA, Hedge Fund Flow Topical Study, hedge funds