The HFRU Hedge Fund Composite Index is designed to be representative of the overall composition of the UCITS - compliant hedge fund universe. (finalternatives.com)
The result slightly lags the performance of the wider hedge fund universe, as measured by HFR's HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index, which gained +0.84 % through December 16. (finalternatives.com)
A report put out in early 2013 by the accounting firm Rothstein Kass indicated that between January 2012 and September 2012, an index of 67 hedge funds owned or managed by women had a return of 8.95 percent — significantly more than the 2.69 percent return generated by an index «designed to be representative of the overall composition of the hedge fund universe.» (theatlantic.com)