Credit Suisse/Tremont Launches Enhanced Chinese Version of Its Hedge Fund Index Website

Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Author: Businesswire.com

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Credit Suisse Index Co., Inc today announced the launch of an enhanced Chinese version of its website: www.hedgeindex.com.

The newly enhanced website updates a previous Chinese version that was launched in October 2007 and it was designed to meet client demand as the hedge fund industry gains prominence in the Asian markets. This addition to the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index website demonstrates the firm’s focus on continuous improvement and development of innovative solutions to meet the needs of its diverse client base.

The Credit Suisse/Tremont family of hedge fund indices includes four separate indices:

1. The Hedge Fund Index (the “Broad Index”), an asset-weighted benchmark that measures hedge fund performance

2. The AllHedge Index (“SECTAH”), an investable index comprised of all 10 Credit Suisse/Tremont Sector Invest indices weighted according to the sector weights of the Broad Index

3. The Blue Chip Index (“INVX”), an investable index comprised of the 60 largest funds across the ten style-based sectors in the broad index; and

4. The Specialty Indices, the first of which is the LEA Index, an asset-weighted, composite index which provides insight in to three specific regions of the emerging markets hedge fund universe (Latin America, EEMEA (Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa) and Asia).

To access the website, please go to www.hedgeindex.com and click on the language button of choice in the upper left corner of the homepage.

To manage your HedgeIndex.com profile, you may log into our web site at: https://secure.hedgeindex.com/hedgeindex/secure/en/viewprofile.aspx.

Credit Suisse Tremont Index LLC is the joint venture company of Credit Suisse Index Co., Inc., a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Co., Inc., and Tremont Group Holdings, Inc. Credit Suisse Tremont Index LLC is headquartered at 11 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010-3629.

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