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Newedge VTI returns 0.66 per cent in July

August 20, 2009 at 1:00 pm

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The estimated July 2009 return for the Newedge Volatility Trading Index is 0.66 per cent, compared with -0.25 per cent the previous month.

The estimated July 2009 return for the Newedge Volatility Trading Index is 0.66 per cent, compared with -0.25 per cent the previous month.

Year-to-date, the index is up by 0.50 per cent. In 2008 it returned 3.20 per cent.

Newedge VTI is made up of nine constituent funds: Acorn Derivatives - Absolute Return Offshore; AM Investment Partners V Fund; BAM Opportunity Fund; Bay Hill Capital Fund; JD Capital - Tempo Volatility Fund; Lyxor G-Multi USD; KBD Capital Partners LP, Class B; Maple Leaf Macro Volatility Fund; and SGAM Global Volatility Fund.

Newedge VTI is a performance measure for the volatility trading and arbitrage style within the hedge fund universe. It is an equally weighed portfolio of volatility trading and arbitrage funds.