As part of its alternative investments strategy, Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management has launched casamhedge.com, which gives access to the CASAM CISDM database.

This database, formerly the MARHedge database, is the longest-standing alternative products database of its kind. It provides comprehensive hedge fund and commodity trading advisor data to help accredited institutional investors, consultants, pension funds and fund of funds managers analyse the hedge fund universe. Subscribers can view and analyse historical returns and qualitative information on over 5,000 hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, commodity trading advisers and commodity pool operators. The database is also the source of the Barron’s hedge fund and CTA league tables.

Hedge fund managers can increase their exposure by listing their funds for free through an online uploading tool.

The new website displays performance information and statistics for a wide range of proprietary indices - the CASAM CISDM indices - derived from the CASAM CISDM database.

A free trial is available directly by subscription to casamhedge.com. Access is also provided through third party analytic software packages such as those provided by PerTrac Financial Solutions, Zephyr Associates, Markov Processes International and Imagineer Technology Group.