The Greenwich-Van Global Hedge Fund Index gained +3.2% in January according to hedge fund index provider Greenwich-Van Advisors, LLC. In comparison, the S&P 500 and the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index returned 2.7% and 0.0%, respectively.
The Greenwich-Van Composite Investable Hedge Fund Index (“Investable Index”) continued its third straight year out performing competing investable indices according to hedge fund index provider Greenwich-Van Advisors, LLC. Each year since its inception January 2003, the Greenwich-Van Investable Index has out performed the other investable indices, achieving the highest annualized return (January 2003 – December 2005) of 10.7% versus CSFB, HFR, S&P, FTSE and MSCI (6.6%, 6.1%, 5.9%, 5.8% and 5.0%, respectively).