S&P Fund Services launches bi-annual FoHFs directory

Date: Monday, April 7, 2008
Author: S&P Fund Services

Standard & Poor’s Fund Services, the leading provider of qualitative fund management ratings, has launched the latest edition of its Funds of Hedge Funds Directory, a bi-annual review of the Funds of Hedge Funds (FOHF) sector.

To date, S&P Fund Services has covered nearly 100 funds, with the latest issue of the directory, published this week, including over 50 which currently have a rating, making it one of the industry’s most comprehensive qualitative assessments of the FOHF sector. S&P Fund Services has been rating FOHFs since 2003, and mutual funds for the past 17 years.

Guy Boden, Head of Research at S&P Fund Services, said: “In these turbulent market conditions, qualitative information on Funds of Hedge Funds is becoming increasingly important. Demand for greater transparency from advisors and institutional investors has led to rising demand for fund management ratings within the FOHF sector across Europe, and increasingly in the US. Moving forward we are focusing our attention on making our research more easily available to institutional investors such as pensions and endowments.”

S&P Fund Management Ratings Directories are subscription-based but institutional investors can request a complimentary copy by contacting marketing_funds@standardandpoors.com. S&P Fund Services also publishes quarterly Funds of Hedge Funds sector updates which are available by free email subscription. Anyone interested in receiving the updates should email marketing_funds@standardandpoors.com.