About News Contact Video For Fund Managers Welcome, Guest! Create Account Login (0) Search INDICES DATABASE REPORTS Alternative Investments Alternative investments are investments made outside of the traditional asset classes, which are stocks, bonds, and cash investments. Alternative investments encompass a wide variety of assets from tangible assets such as art or precious metals to financial assets such as hedge funds, private equity, real estate, cryptocurrencies, etc. Compared to traditional investments, alternative investments are typically less liquid, meaning they cannot be bought and sold as easily as traditional assets. Moreover, a majority of alternative investments are unregulated. Alternative investments are known to have low correlation with traditional asset classes, making them a useful tool for an individual or institutional investor to diversify their portfolio and hedge against risk. Although alternative investments are thought to be riskier than traditional asset classes, they can generate higher returns. For more information on Alternative Investments strategies, please contact INDICES@HFR.COM Examples of HFR Indices that employ Alternative Investment strategies are listed below: Alternative Investments INDEX NAME ROR INDEX VALUE YTD LAST 12M LAST 36M LAST 60M HFRI 500 Fund Weighted Composite Index › 1.55% 1684.69 10.57% 21.23% 9.68% 7.48% HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index › 0.90% 1442.79 4.51% 10.09% 5.73% 4.05% HFRI-I Liquid Alternative UCITS Index › 0.42% 1310.37 2.77% 7.48% 2.87% 2.64% HFR Cryptocurrency Index › 24.43% 397341.08 289.60% 578.28% 116.23% 174.40% TRENDING INVESTMENT THEMES Absolute Return Alternative Investments ESG Liquid Alternatives (Liquid Alts) Macro Factors Replication Strategies Risk Mitigation Synthetic Indices Trend Following HFR, Inc. 10 S. Riverside Plaza, Ste. 700 Chicago, IL 60606 312.658.0955 Contact Us Indices Database Reports About HFR News & Press Contact Us Media Contacts Careers ESMA Registration INDEX DATA USAGE NOTICE All data and content on the Hedge Fund Research® website and in the HFR Database products are for your informational and personal use only. The total return data provided on the HFR website, the HFR Database products, and the reports generated from them are for internal, non-commercial use only. The data is not sufficient, comprehensive enough or approved for use in connection with investment products or instruments. You may not copy, redistribute, sell, retransmit, or make the data available to a third party, or otherwise use it for any commercial or public purpose unless you have a separate written agreement with HFR. You require a written license from HFR to use the HFR data, HFR marks and names and/or HFR Index names, including but not limited to use in connection with investment products and instruments (regardless of whether such products or instruments are based on, linked to or track an HFR Index), the name of investment products and instruments, in prospectuses, marketing and other materials publicly or commercially disseminated, benchmarking purposes, and any SEC, government or regulatory filings. Please contact HFR for additional information at: INDICES@HFR.COM HFR (Hedge Fund Research) ESMA Registered Benchmark Administrator, ID#: IEC449613 HFR proudly supports the Managed Funds Association CONTENT DISCLAIMER This information is obtained from sources that HFR considers to be reliable; however, no representation is made as to, and no responsibility or liability is accepted for, the accuracy or completeness of the information. Information contained herein is subject to change at any time without notice. It is not possible to invest directly in a financial index. Exposure represented by an index is available through instruments based on that index. HFR does not sponsor, endorse, sell, promote or manage any investment products. © 2021 HFR, Inc. - All rights reserved. HFR®, HFRI®, HFRX®, HFRU®, HFRQ®, HFRL™, WWW.HEDGEFUNDRESEARCH.COM®, HEDGE FUND RESEARCH®, HFR IndexScope™, HFR Bank Systematic Risk Premia Indices℠ and HFR Risk Parity Indices™ are the trademarks of HFR, Inc. Market Data by Xignite Terms of Use and Legal Disclaimer Site Map Privacy Policy Index Complaints Twitter YouTube LinkedIn