Final performance for the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index has been confirmed up 1.59 per cent in July and 2.22 per cent year-to-date.

Eight out of ten sectors posted positive performance for the month.

Among the top performers for the month were emerging markets (+3.52 per cent) and long/short equity (+2.53 per cent), which benefited from beta-driven opportunities amid global equity market rallies.

Dedicated short and managed futures were the only two sectors with negative performance, finishing down 3.52 per cent and 1.50 per cent respectively.   
 
The following funds were added to the index in July: BlackRock Global Ascent, Brummer & Partners Archipel, Brummer & Partners Observatory Credit Markets Fund, Capula Global Relative Value Master Fund, Crabel Multi-Product Program, Finisterre Sovereign Debt Master Fund, Iridian Opportunity Fund, MAN AHL Diversified Programme, Segantii Asia-Pacific Equity Multi-Strategy Fund and Transtrend OmniTrend.
 
The following funds are no longer reporting to the index: RQSI Managed Futures, Rotella Polaris Fund and Thames River Kingsway Fund.