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11 March 2009 - Press Briefing

Hedge funds outperform equity benchmarks on financial short-selling

The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index outperformed global equity indexes by 10% last month and by 18% since the beginning of the year, latest data from Hedge Fund Research has shown, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph, London.

Short-selling of financial stocks emerged as the best performing strategy for the past month, producing returns of more than 4% in one month.

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