Database Statistics

As of: November 01, 2008 *

% Reporting within

	Jun-08	Jul-08	Aug-08	Sep-08	90 Days	60 Days	30 Days
Hedge Funds	2853	2749	2580	2,195	96.35%	90.43%	76.94%
Funds of Funds	2511	2434	2253	1,683	96.93%	89.73%	67.03%
CTAs	499	482	448	391	96.59%	89.78%	78.36%
CPOs	157	159	149	138	101.27%	94.90%	87.90%
Total	6020	5824	5430	4407	96.74%	90.20%	73.21%

* Total fund count for each time period reflects the number of funds within the database that have reported performance to CASAM CISDM for that given month. Funds may take up to 90 days to report performance for a given month.

Hedge Funds By Strategy Classification

Equity Long/Short	1103	38.66%
Multi Strategy	257	9.01%
Emerging Markets	244	8.55%
Sector	183	6.41%
Equity Market Neutral	138	4.84%
Event Driven Multi Strategy	122	4.28%
Global Macro	114	4%
Equity Long Only	97	3.4%
Fixed Income	95	3.33%
Single Strategy	95	3.33%
Distressed Securities	77	2.7%
Fixed Income Arbitrage	73	2.56%
Convertible Arbitrage	66	2.31%
Relative Value Multi Strategy	48	1.68%
Fixed Income - MBS	34	1.19%
Option Arbitrage	29	1.02%
Merger Arbitrage	23	0.81%
Other Relative Value	20	0.7%
Short Bias	14	0.49%
Capital Structure Arbitrage	7	0.25%
Regulation D	5	0.18%
Market Timing	3	0.11%
Unclassified	6	0.21%
Total	2853	100%

Hedge Funds By Geographical Focus Classification

Global	952	33.37%
United States	362	12.69%
North America	305	10.69%
Western Europe	265	9.29%
Asia/Pacific (excl Japan)	130	4.56%
Japan	115	4.03%
Asia/Pacific	85	2.98%
Eastern Europe	83	2.91%
Latin America	61	2.14%
UK	59	2.07%
North America/Europe	42	1.47%
Middle East/Africa	29	1.02%
Australia/New Zealand	12	0.42%
Unclassified	353	12.37%
Total	2853	100%

Funds of Funds By Strategy Classification

Multi Strategy	1796	71.53%
Single Strategy	467	18.6%
Market Neutral	113	4.5%
Invest Funds in Parent Company	50	1.99%
Opportunistic	49	1.95%
Conservative	24	0.96%
Unclassified	12	0.48%
Total	2511	100%

CTA Funds By Strategy Classification

Systematic	391	78.36%
Discretionary	99	19.84%
Unclassified	9	1.8%
Total	499	100%

CTA FUNDS BY MARKET FOCUS CLASSIFICATION

Diversified	238	47.7%
Financial	73	14.63%
Physical	68	13.63%
Currency	60	12.02%
Stock Index	44	8.82%
Unclassified	16	3.21%
Total	499	100%

CPO Funds By Strategy Classification

Single Strategy	74	47.13%
Multi Strategy	57	36.31%
Invest Funds in Parent Company	2	1.27%
Unclassified	24	15.29%
Total	157	100%


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