NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)–Assets linked to the MSCI Hedge Invest Index have more than doubled in the past two months and now exceed US$2.1 billion, according to Morgan Stanley Capital International.
Currently 88 hedge funds underlie the investable index, which was introduced about a year ago. MSCI index investments take the form of managed accounts that have weekly liquidity. Paris-based Lyxor Asset Management selects the fund managers and maintains the accounts (see).
This and other hedge fund indexes can be licensed for example by broker-dealers, asset managers, banks and insurance companies and serve as the basis of a variety of financial products, including structured notes.
