The Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets (CISDM) seeks to enhance the understanding of the field of alternative investments through research, education, and networking opportunities for our member donors, industry professionals and academics.

Trial Academic Membership is FREE of charge
Commercial License^**: $6,000

HedgeFund/CTA Database

Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets

The CISDM Database provides information about:

1,800 active Hedge Funds and 600 active CTAs, CPOs and Managed Futures
Summarized Investment Strategy and Style
Historical Monthly Returns, Net Asset Value
Assets under Management
Leverage, Minimum Initial Investment
Fee Structure
1,500 Inactive Hedge Funds and 900 Inactive CTAs

*The academic version is a one-time download and only available to accredited colleges and universities. The data is released with 6-month lag and the data cannot be further disseminated.
The Academic Site License costs $3,000.

**The commercial version is an annual subscription, which includes fund contact information. The performance data is updated weekly.

To examine the form of distribution feel free to review a sample of the database:

For our Silver and Gold Members we offer special reports. Please see our samples:

Hedge Fund Sample Report

CTA Sample Report

Funds that haven't reported for 3 months are considered inactive. A fund undergoes a background check before it is registered. This ensures a sustainable quality of the database.

The goals of CISDM are to facilitate research in the alternative investment, promote interactions between academics and business communities, and make educational opportunities available in the alternative investments. CISDM also provides monthly report on academic and practitioner research, asset allocation, and performances of different alternative investment strategies. CISDM supports a $5000 Martello award for the best paper in the area of Alternative Investments.

If you are interested in listing your fund please review our procedures.

CISDM is the editorial center of the Journal of Alternative Investments, the leading journal for academic and quantitative research on alternative investments. JAI is published and distributed by Institutional Investor Journals. For more Information please visit http://www.iijai.com

Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
http://www.cisdm.org
Phone: (413) 577-3166
Fax: (413) 577-1350
Email: info@cisdm.org

Hedge Fund/CTA Database

Hedge Fund/CTA Indices

CAIA
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Program

The Journal of Alternative Investments