Merrill Lynch Launches Hedge Fund Replication Index

Merrill Lynch has launched a hedge fund replication index, HedgeWorld reports.

“Our objective is to replicate the success of [exchange-traded funds] in the mutual fund industry and to apply it to the hedge fund industry,” said Heiko Ebens, head of Merrill’s Americas equity derivatives research group and a contributor to the index.

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