C NHX Performance Review - March 2015 Month in Review Nordic hedge funds added another 0.7% in March, bringing year to date performance to 4.1%. All NHX sub-strategies, except for fixed income, were up on the month. NHX Multi-Strategy and NHX Equities were the best performing sub-strategies benefiting from an overall positive market environment. Fund of Funds and CTAs also posted solid numbers while fixed income funds ended the month slightly down.
Sub-Strategy & Country-by-Country Performance The NHX Composite gained 0.7% in March. Multi-Strategy and Equity funds were the stongest performers adding 1.2 % and 0.9 % respectively. Fund of Funds (0.8 %) and CTA (0.5 %) also posted solid gains. Fixed income strategies suffered slight losses (-0.2 %)
8,0% 7,0% 6,0% 5,0% 4,0%
On the year, CTAs remain the best performing strategy closely followed by equities. All NHX sub-strategies are positive year-to-date.
3,0% 2,0% 1,0% 0,0% -‐1,0%
NHX Composite
NHX CTA
NHX Equi>es
MTD
NHX Fixed Income
NHX Fund Of Funds
NHX Mul>-‐Strategy
YTD
10,0%
On a country-by-country level, Norway dominated the month on the back of strong gains for the Assymetric, Taiga and Incentive funds.
9,0% 8,0% 7,0% 6,0% 5,0% 4,0% 3,0% 2,0% 1,0% 0,0%
NHX Denmark
NHX Finland
MTD
NHX Norway
NHX Sweden
YTD
NHX Composite Historical Monthly Returns 2013 2013
2 Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
YTD
2015
2.0%
1.4%
0.7%
2014
0.1%
1.5%
-0.2%
0.0%
1.2%
0.2%
-0.2%
0.6%
0.2%
-0.2%
1.2%
0.0%
4.1%
2013
1.9%
0.4%
0.1%
0.6%
0.7%
-1.1%
0.6%
-0.4%
1.1%
1.2%
1.1%
0.9%
7.6%
2012
1.7%
1.3%
0.0%
-0.2%
-0.5%
-1.4%
2.0%
0.4%
0.1%
-0.4%
0.3%
1.0%
4.4%
2011
-0.4%
0.3%
0.4%
1.3%
-0.9%
-1.3%
-0.1%
-1.8%
-1.2%
0.3%
-0.3%
0.3%
-3.5%
2010
0.4%
-0.1%
1.5%
0.8%
-1.8%
-0.7%
0.6%
0.1%
1.4%
0.8%
0.0%
3.1%
6.2%
2009
0.8%
0.1%
1.5%
3.2%
2.3%
0.3%
1.4%
1.3%
1.5%
0.2%
0.5%
1.0%
15.0%
2008
-1.2%
1.3%
-0.9%
0.1%
1.2%
-1.8%
-1.2%
-0.2%
-4.5%
-3.5%
-0.6%
-0.3%
-11.1%
2007
0.7%
0.0%
0.9%
1.4%
1.1%
0.2%
-0.4%
-1.8%
1.0%
1.3%
-1.6%
0.2%
2.8%
2006
1.5%
0.6%
1.7%
1.1%
-1.5%
-0.3%
-0.1%
0.6%
0.2%
0.7%
1.4%
1.8%
7.9%
2005
0.3%
1.2%
-0.1%
-0.1%
1.2%
1.9%
1.4%
0.7%
1.5%
-1.7%
1.6%
1.8%
10.1%
4.1%