Investable Indices
HFR Investments
Decades of Index History
HFR has been providing solutions for clients looking to achieve hedge fund benchmark returns for over 25 years.
Using our tracker products, investors can gain exposure to HFR hedge fund indices, which are constructed using a robust methodology, combing both quantitative and qualitative analyses.
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Overview
HFR Investable Indices
Our longtime goal has been to provide investors with access to investable hedge fund indices and passive benchmark returns. HFR Investments provides various solutions to deliver index returns, including index tracking funds, synthetic replicators and SMAs. We also work with institutional partners to provide access to niche and unique hedge fund strategies. HFR’s affiliate Hedge Fund Research offers investable indices designed using rigorous quantitative and qualitative analysis, including global indices designed to represent the overall hedge fund universe, as well as investable strategy indices, regional indices, and thematic indices, such as climate change and diversity indices.HFR Index Utilization
Investors can utilize HFR indices for a variety of portfolio solutions, such as a core holding with satellite allocations, custom baskets, and tactical exposure.
HFR Index tracker funds can be used to capture:
Benchmark Hedge Fund Performance
Allocate Capital to Hedge Fund Strategies
with low or negative correlation to a given portfolio.
Optimize Excess Cash
Employ HFR Index Strategies
as part of a portable alpha program.
Provide Quick Access to Hedge Fund Exposure Through Liquid Vehicles
HFRX Family of Indices
HFRX Conscientious Indices
The HFRX family of indices is investable and includes thematic indices focused on climate change and diversity.
These indices provide investors with the opportunity to gain passive exposure to diverse managers and sustainable hedge fund strategies, aligning their portfolios with the global movement towards responsible investing.
Diversity Indices
For decades, HFR has benchmarked the minority- and women-owned hedge fund universes through the HFRX Diversity Index and the HFRX Diversity Women Index, respectively.
Climate Change Indices
The HFRX Climate Change Index is one of HFR’s ESG-focused indices and includes hedge fund strategies that identify opportunities in securities with the goal of reducing the impact of climate change.
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More Investing Insights
HFR Investments combines its longtime expertise in hedge funds with cutting edge ESG research to identify investment opportunities for our clients. Read original articles from our team.
ESG Hedge Fund Classification Framework ESG is one of the hottest topics in the investment industry today. ESG adoption has been years in the making, and hedge fund managers have finally started to take notice. We have spent the last three years working with investment managers to understand their ESG
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As of this piece’s publication, it’s been a bad couple weeks for hedge funds in short positions; specifically, it was a historically terrible rout for some funds who were caught in short positions on brick-and-mortar retail, cinema, and legacy tech equities with extremely high short interest.[1] But despite monumental losses
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A Clear Rationale for Emerging Strategy Outperformance This is an incredibly exciting time for ESG hedge funds, launches have spiked in 2020 and are expected to grow through the next several years. These types of funds implement ESG specific hedge fund strategies, such as a “carbon neutral long/short equity fund”
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