UCITS Alternative Index Blue Chip and UAIX – Weekly Update – May 2nd 2012

The UCITS Alternative Index Blue Chip is up 0.22% this week after ending April down -0.60%. Event-Driven and Emerging Markets are the best performing strategies this week, with gains of 0.95% and 0.61%. CTA (up 0.55%) and Long/Short Equity (up 0.54%) are also positive for the week. The main negative contributors to the UAI Blue Chip performance are Volatility and Equity Market Neutral, with respective losses of -0.88% and -0.56%.

All UAIX perform positively this week except for the UAIX Commodities which is flat. The UAIX CTA is up 0.74% and the UAIX Long/Short Equity is up 0.67%. The UAIX Volatility and Fixed Income are up 0.15% and 0.10%. On a year to date basis, the best performing index is the UAIX Volatility (up 4.13%). It is followed by the UAIX Fixed Income (up 3.43%) and the UAIX Commodities (up 3.16%).

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