Long short equity heads the list of investable Alternative Investment Indices in February with a month-to-date performance of 1.60 per cent and a year-to-date performance of 1.19 per cent.

The indices are provided by Alternative-Index and listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange.

Since the beginning of the year the outperformance of the Long Short Equity Index against the S&P500 is 2.81 per cent and 5.71 per cent against the Dax 30.
 
The LSX outperformed its peer, the HFRX Equity Hedge Index, month-to-date by 0.68 per cent (1.6 per cent versus 0.92 per cent) and year-to-date by 1.11 per cent (1.19 per cent versus 0.08 per cent).

Event driven was second on the list with a month-to-date performance of 1.59 per cent, followed by multi-style (0.85 per cent), directional markets (0.23 per cent) and relative value (0.03 per cent).

The Managed Futures Index has fallen 0.60 per cent month-to-date and 0.78 per cent year-to-date.