MSCI Hedge Fund Indices & Database Usage:
Subscribe* to the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices & Database
- Understand the Hedge Fund Universe - Facilitates a better understanding of the hedge fund opportunity set
as well as the performance and risk of various strategies
- Research - Perform superior hedge fund research and selection through better peer group
comparison and analysis
- Risk/Return Analyses of Hedge Funds - The MSCI Hedge Fund Classification Standard enables you to analyze hedge funds in greater detail
as it is the industry's most granular classification framework
- Measure and Attribute Performance - Detailed performance measurement and attribution using MSCI Barra's flexible and transparent
index design.
View index-level data, as well as detailed constituent fund information
License MSCI Hedge Fund Indices Data
- Index-Linked Tracking Products - MSCI Hedge Fund Indices can serve as the reference index which synthetic hedge
fund replication algorithms and related financial products (such as passive funds, derivatives,
and structured products) may seek to track
- Custom Hedge Fund Indices - When a strategy is unique, a mandate is highly specific, or a new
investment idea is generated, MSCI Custom Hedge Fund Indices permit customization to reflect and measure your particular opportunity set
- Test a strategy or develop a specialized investment product
- Evaluate the performance of a manager or meet a particular mandate
- Adhere to regulatory or investment constraints
- Minimize portfolio tracking error
- Historical Data - Back-test product ideas with historical data using snapshots of our indices at given points in time
Comprehensive and Reliable Database
- Hedge Fund Manager Data - MSCI Barra seeks to ensure that all data is complete and
reliable by collecting it directly from hedge fund managers:
- Funds are independently classified by MSCI Barra analysts according to the MSCI Hedge
Fund Classification Standard
- Classification takes place following a dialog with the hedge fund manager and a close
review of the fund's offering documents and marketing material
- Data Quality and Completeness - The quality and completeness of the data provided in the MSCI
Hedge Fund Indices & Database is paramount:
- MSCI Barra performs ongoing data checks to monitor data collected from managers
- MSCI Barra requires 95% of constituent hedge fund participants to report each month
prior to calculating our Hedge Fund Indices
Subscription and Delivery Options
- Flexible Subscription Options - Subscribers may choose from two options,
depending on their needs:
- Index Level Data
- Index & Fund Level Data
- Multiple Delivery Methods - The MSCI Hedge Fund Indices & Database are available
via a range of delivery methods:
How Can I Subscribe* to the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices & Database or License the Data?
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If you are a client interested in subscribing* to the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices & Database or licensing, you should
should call MSCI Barra's 24 hour
Client Service Line or contact us online
*Among other requirements, subscribers must be "accredited investors" as defined in the United
States Securities Act of 1933.
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