MSCI Barra invites Hedge Funds to participate in the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices & Database

What is the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices & Database?
Comprising over 3,600 hedge funds and 190+ indices, the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices & Database provides MSCI Barra's institutional client base with a broad, reliable set of hedge fund indices and related data, enabling meaningful analyses of the hedge fund market.

What are the Advantages to Participating in the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices & Database?

• Exposure: Participant fund-level information is available to licensed subscribers¹ of the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices & Database, which include hedge fund managers, pension funds, fund-of-hedge-fund portfolio managers, asset owners, consultants and other institutional investors globally. 

• No Cost to Participate: There is no cost to participate in our indices and database.

• Access to MSCI Hedge Fund Market Data:
  - Free access to web-based fund-specific statistics via Morgan Stanley Client Link along with two indices   based on your fund's classification (helpful as a benchmark in relation to peers/competitors)
  - 18 free additional Hedge Fund Indices measuring the broad hedge fund market
  - Free access to daily MSCI Hedge Invest Index data¹ representing the range of hedge fund strategies   on a third party managed account platform with weekly liquidity
  - The MSCI Hedge Fund Indices Global Quarterly Summary providing research and analysis on the   190+ indices in the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices & Database
  - A discounted rate to subscribe to the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices & Database

• It's Easy: Monthly net performance and assets under management updates can submitted be online or via email at hfidata@mscibarra.com.

How do I Become a Participant in the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices & Database?

Hedge fund managers interested in participating in the database:
1. Sign and fax a one-page Participation Letter
2. Complete and email an Excel-based Data Collection Spreadsheet
3. Forward a marketing presentation and audited financials²
4. Briefly review the classification with a member of the MSCI hedge fund team

If you are interested in being considered for inclusion in the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices & Database or would like more information, please email hfidata@mscibarra.com or call a member of our hedge fund team:

New York: +1.212.761.7300
Hong Kong: +852.2848.7335
London: +44.20.7618.2099

¹ Among other requirements, subscribers must be "accredited investors" as defined in the United States Securities Act of 1933. Other jurisdictional requirements may also apply.
² Materials are for internal use. Due to various fund launch dates, not all funds will have audited financial statements available for the current calendar or fiscal year.