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MSCI Barra, Morningstar Arrangement

Posted on September 22, 2008

MSCI Barra and Morningstar have entered into an arrangement to calculate and distribute hedge fund indices jointly.These indices and the Morningstar database will replace the current MSCI Hedge Fund Indices and Database after a brief transition period. MSCI Barra will continue to calculate and distribute the MSCI Investable Hedge Fund Indices and the Barra Hedge Fund Risk Model. Morningstar will continue to calculate and distribute its existing Morningstar Hedge Fund Indices, including the Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund Index.The MSCI Hedge Fund Index Methodology uses primary and secondary hedg...

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