About News Contact Video For Fund Managers Welcome, Guest! Create Account Login (0) Search INDICES DATABASE REPORTS Absolute Return Absolute Return strategies are widely used investment strategies that offer an alternative to traditional asset classes and are a good way for institutions and investors alike to mitigate risk and further diversify their portfolio. An Absolute Return fund is a type of investment vehicle that attempts to generate steady, positive returns in all market environments by using a variety of investment strategies such as derivatives, arbitrage, short selling, leverage, and more. The goal of Absolute Return investing is to provide slow and steady annual growth over long periods of time with limited volatility. This can be achieved by encompassing a wide range of strategies such as the ones previously mentioned in order to navigate the market and generate growth with little to no correlation to traditional market returns. Investors especially like Absolute Return strategies because they operate independently of market direction, are good in times of market downturns, and help to diversify down the risk of other portfolio investments. For more information on Trend Following strategies please contact INDICES@HFR.COM Examples of HFR Indices that employ Absolute Return strategies are listed below: Absolute Return INDEX NAME ROR INDEX VALUE YTD LAST 12M LAST 36M LAST 60M HFRX Absolute Return Index › 0.17% 1156.98 2.00% 4.21% 2.55% 2.39% HFR Bank Systematic Risk Premia Equity Value Index › -2.78% 1650.48 2.34% 2.72% -2.53% -2.75% HFRI 500 EH: Equity Market Neutral Index › -0.11% 1370.92 4.91% 8.05% 4.37% 3.22% HFRI FOF: Conservative Index › 0.48% 5800.30 7.42% 13.33% 6.10% 4.93% 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