Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Confirms September Performance up 3.04%, Year-to-Date Performance up 14.97%

Final performance for the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index (“Broad Index”) is confirmed up 3.04% in September, according to Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index Co., Inc.

Mr. Schupp said, “The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index finished up 3.04% in September, bringing third quarter returns to 7.27%, marking the strongest third quarter performance for hedge funds in 12 years. The Broad Index is up to 14.97% year-to-date. The Emerging Markets strategy led the performance among sectors, returning 4.94% in September and 24.67% year-to-date.” Schupp added, “Another notable sector for the month was Convertible Arbitrage, which extended its gains into September, finishing up 3.23%. Convertible Arbitrage posted a 12.92% return for the quarter, its strongest third quarter earnings since the inception of the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index, as managers benefited from favorable market conditions.”

The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index (“Broad Index”) is one of the industry’s premier asset-weighted hedge fund index. Unlike equal-weighted indices, the Broad Index does not underweight top performers and overweight decliners in order to seek to provide the most accurate representation of the hedge fund universe.

Performance for the Broad Index and its ten sub-strategies is calculated monthly. September, August and 2009 returns are listed below and are available at www.hedgeindex.com.


Index	September 2009	August 2009	YTD 2009
Broad Index	3.04%	1.53%	14.97%
Convertible Arbitrage	3.23%	3.39%	39.96%
Dedicated Short Bias	-5.27%	-1.69%	-22.26%
Emerging Markets	4.94%	1.06%	24.67%
Equity Market Neutral	0.96%	1.31%	5.26%
Event Driven	2.89%	2.17%	14.71%
Distressed	3.38%	2.12%	14.78%
Event Driven Multi-Strategy	2.52%	2.23%	14.60%
Risk Arbitrage	1.60%	0.95%	10.26%
Fixed Income Arbitrage	2.77%	2.38%	21.95%
Global Macro	2.77%	0.86%	9.09%
Long/Short Equity	3.23%	1.42%	16.68%
Managed Futures	2.97%	0.92%	-4.20%
Multi-Strategy	2.86%	1.43%	20.66%
S&P 500 TRI Index*	3.73%	3.61%	19.26%
Dow Jones World Index*	4.42%	3.79%	26.66%

*Total Return Indices

The following funds are no longer reporting to the Broad Index: Pantera Global Macro Fund, Laurus Master Fund Ltd.

The Broad Index is constructed using the Credit Suisse/Tremont database of more than 5,000 hedge funds. It includes both open and closed funds located in the U.S. and offshore, but does not include fund of funds. In order to qualify for inclusion in the index selection universe, a fund must have a minimum of USD 50 million under management, a 12-month track record, and audited financial statements. Index funds are selected using a formula based on assets under management, which ensures that the Index represents at least 85% of total assets in each of ten strategy-based sectors in the selection universe. In order to minimize survivorship bias, funds are not excluded until they liquidate or fail to meet the reporting requirements. The Broad Index is calculated as a total return index on a monthly basis, adjusted for asset in- and outflows, including a reselection according to the procedure outlined above, on a quarterly basis.

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

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

In accordance with the Blue Chip Index Rules (the “Index Rules”), and the Credit Suisse/Tremont Sector Invest Indices Rules (the “Sector Invest Rules”), Credit Suisse Tremont Index LLC is publishing the following notice:

The following funds are in a Special Rebalancing Situation: Akanthos Arbitrage Fund, Ltd., Alexandra Global Investment Fund I, Ltd., Amber Fund (Cayman) Ltd., Ardsley Offshore Fund, Ltd., Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage Fund Ltd., Basso Investors Ltd., Bay Harbour Partners, Ltd. Canyon Value Realization Fund (Cayman), Ltd., Castlerigg International Limited, Compass Holdings Ltd., Context Offshore Advantage Fund, Ltd., Davidson Kempner International Ltd, Deephaven Global Multi-Strategy Fund, Drawbridge Global Macro Fund Ltd., Firebird Avrora Fund Ltd, First Quadrant Global Macro Fund Ltd, GLG European Long Short Fund Ltd, GLG Market Neutral Fund Ltd, Global Undervalued Securities Fund, Ltd., Gramercy Emerging Markets, Ltd., III Fund Ltd, Jayhawk China Fund (Cayman), Ltd., Lansdowne Macro Fund Ltd, Longacre International Ltd, Mariner Atlantic Ltd, NWI Explorer Global Fund Ltd., Owl Creek Overseas Fund Ltd, Permal Fixed Income Special Opportunities Ltd., Platinum Grove Contingent Capital Offshore Ltd., Plexus Fund Ltd., Ramius Multi-Strategy Fund Ltd., Seneca Capital International, Ltd., Shepherd Investments International Ltd, Temujin International Fund Ltd, WGTC Ltd and Zazove Offshore Hedged Convertible.

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