Four of the seven IndexIQ Investable Hedge Fund Performance Indices – a proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta indices – recorded positive performance in April.

The IQ Hedge Fixed Income Arbitrage Beta Index led the way with a return of 0.80 per cent, followed by the IQ Hedge Market Neutral Beta Index (0.42 per cent), the IQ Hedge Event-Driven Beta Index (0.26 per cent) and the IQ Hedge Composite Beta Index (0.17 per cent).
 
The IQ Hedge Long/Short Beta Index was the month’s worst performer losing 0.29 per cent while the IQ Hedge Emerging Markets Beta Index and the IQ Hedge Global Macro Beta Index were down 0.19 per cent and 0.02 per cent respectively.
 
Designed as investable benchmarks that replicate the performance characteristics of sophisticated hedge fund strategies, the IQ Hedge benchmark indices were originally introduced on 30 March 2007 and have been calculating live since that date. IQ Hedge is the first family of investable benchmark indices covering hedge fund replication/alternative beta strategies.