Credit Suisse this week announced the launch of the Long/Short Liquid Index ETN (CSLS), a product designed to correlate to the performance of the Credit Suisse Tremont Long/Short Equity Hedge Fund Index.
But the new ETN achieves hedge fund-like exposure in a unique manner. The index to which CSLS is actually linked, the Credit Suisse Long/Short Liquid Index, is designed to reflect the return of a basket of 18 liquid, investable market factors.
These factors are then selected and weighted monthly in accordance with an algorithm that aims to track the performance of the Credit Suisse/Tremont Long/Short Equity Hedge Fund Index.
??Credit Suisse/Tremont was a pioneer in the measurement of alternative beta over a decade ago and we are now leveraging this expertise to meet the growing demand for liquid, cost-efficient, alternative products,? said Michael G. Clark, head of Structured Retail Products in a press release. ??We look forward to launching additional ETNs on other alternative strategies in the near future.?
