Hedge Funds Rebounded to Post Their Strongest Year-to-Date Returns in July Based on Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta ("LAB") Index Performance

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Aug 03, 2010, 10:19 ET

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Returns for the LAB Liquid Indices suggest that hedge funds produced positive returns across strategies in July generating their strongest performance to date in 2010, according to Jordan Drachman, Head of Research for Alternative Beta Strategies at Credit Suisse.

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Dr. Drachman noted, "The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index ("CSLAB") was up 3.12% in July, marking the best performing month for hedge funds this year and bringing year-to-date performance to 2.99%. Gains were generated across all strategies with each of the five LAB sector indices posting positive returns for the month. The LAB Event Driven Liquid Index was the strongest performer, up 4.22% for the month, followed by the LAB Long/Short Equity Liquid Index, which was up 3.30%. Year-to-date, the LAB Merger Arbitrage Index is the best performing sector, up 5.99% as of July 31.

About LAB Indices

LAB is a series of indices that seek to replicate the aggregate return profiles of alternative investment strategies using liquid, tradable instruments that are selected and weighted using an objective and transparent rules-based methodology. An algorithm determines the appropriate factors and weightings employed in seeking to replicate the returns of specific hedge fund strategies.

Performance for the LAB Indices (shown below) is calculated daily. Performance, descriptions, statistics and downloadable price history can be found on the Credit Suisse Alternative Beta website, www.credit-suisse.com/alternativebeta or on Bloomberg at < ILAB >.

	Jul-10	Jun-10	YTD
Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index	3.12%	-0.40%	2.99%
LAB Long/Short Liquid Index	3.30%	-1.94%	2.05%
LAB Global Macro Liquid Index	1.65%	0.14%	1.10%
LAB Event Driven Liquid Index	4.22%	0.41%	5.93%
LAB Merger Arbitrage Liquid Index	1.87%	2.15%	5.99%

The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Group recently released a new whitepaper, "Portfolio Idea: Enhancing Liquidity in Alternative Portfolios," that examines liquid alternative beta strategies and their impact on portfolio liquidity. For a copy of the paper, please click here or email [email protected].

The LAB family of indices includes five separate indices which are valued daily and returns listed on Bloomberg:

The Liquid Alternative Beta Index seeks to reflect the return of the overall hedge fund industry as represented by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index. Bloomberg ticker, CSLAB;
The Long/Short Liquid Index seeks to reflect the return of hedge funds as represented by the Long/Short Equity sector of the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, Bloomberg ticker, CSLABLS;
The Global Macro Liquid Index seeks to reflect the return of hedge funds as represented by the Global Macro sector of the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, Bloomberg ticker, CSLABGM;
The Event Driven Liquid Index seeks to reflect the return of hedge funds as represented by the Event Driven sector of the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, Bloomberg ticker, CSLABED and
The Credit Suisse Merger Arbitrage Liquid Index seeks to gain broad exposure to the Merger Arbitrage strategy using a pre-defined quantitative methodology to invest in a liquid, diversified and broadly representative set of announced merger deals, Bloomberg ticker, CSLABMA.

Credit Suisse Alternative Capital, Inc. is a subsidiary of Credit Suisse and is headquartered at 11 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010-3629.

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