Six out of seven of IndexIQ’s hedge fund replication and alternative beta indices posted a positive performance in October.
The best performing index was the IQ Hedge Long/Short Beta Index, which rose by 1.92 per cent in October and is up 5.97 per cent year-to-date.
The IQ Hedge Event-Driven Beta Index was up 1.28 per cent in October, the IQ Hedge Market Neutral Beta Index rose 0.56 per cent, the IQ Hedge Emerging Markets Beta Index rose 1.33 per cent, the IQ Hedge Fixed Income Arbitrage Beta Index gained 0.56 per cent and the IQ Hedge Composite Beta Index added 0.86 per cent.
Conversely, the IQ Hedge Global Macro Beta Index fell by 0.55 per cent, bringing its year-to-date performance to +0.85 per cent.
