RBC Hedge 250 Index returned 2.37% in April, 2.6% YTD

Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009
Author: RBC Capital Markets

RBC Capital Markets today reported that for the month of April 2009 the RBC Hedge 250 Index had a net return of 2.37%. This brings the year-to-date return of the Index to 2.60%. These returns are estimated and will be finalized by the middle of next month. The return for March 2009 has been finalized at -0.25%.

The RBC Hedge 250 Index is an investable benchmark of the performance of the hedge fund industry. ... Since its inception on July 1, 2005 through the end of March 2009, the RBC Hedge 250 Index has had an annualized net return of 0.04 per cent.

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