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Free and Low-Cost Sources for Hedge Fund and CTA Data

Article Quant Q&A · Author: vkrouglov
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The document asks where researchers can obtain inexpensive or free hedge fund and commodity trading advisor data. It mentions EDHEC and mutual fund data from Yahoo Finance as starting points, then reports several replies naming additional sources. These include monthly performance for Eurekahedge indices through Quandl, a free CTA and managed futures database, and a fund database that can be filtered by fund type, strategy, country, and city.

The replies characterize available hedge fund information as often limited to monthly index values or occasional manager-performance snapshots. The discussion is a collection of suggestions rather than a comparison or evaluation: it gives no evidence about data quality, coverage, historical depth, licensing, or current availability. One source is disclosed as affiliated with a respondent. Researchers would need to check each provider's terms and verify whether its coverage and reporting frequency suit their analysis.

Key ideas

  • The discussion lists free or inexpensive sources for hedge fund and CTA information.
  • One suggestion offers monthly performance data for Eurekahedge indices.
  • A reply notes that hedge fund data may be limited to index values or occasional manager snapshots.
  • The listed databases differ in their stated coverage and filtering features, but are not independently evaluated.
  • Researchers should verify coverage, data terms, and availability for their intended use.

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# Where to get access to an inexpensive or free hedge fund/CTA DB?


# Where to get access to an inexpensive or free hedge fund/CTA DB?












Basically, the question is in the title.

For some similar data: EDHEC provides some data and one can also get the Mutual Funds data from the Yahoo Finance:is there anything else out there?

Thanks,

## Answer by AP228 (score 1)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/8691

You can get monthly performance for all of the Eurekahedge indices for free from Quandl: http://www.quandl.com/EUREKA-Eurekahedge

## Answer by Linus Nilsson (score -1)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/43453

In most cases, you will only have access to monthly index numbers or occassional snapshot of manager performance. NilssonHedge (www.nilssonhedge.com) provides a free CTA/Managed Futures database. For browsing quant funds, this might be a good suggestion. I'm affiliated with the site.

## Answer by Alex (score -2)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/8837

You could use the free to access database from www.bankacareer.com it actually provides up to 25k funds at the moment. You can sort it by Type (hedge fund, mutual, etc), Strategy (Income, Growth, etc) and even by country and city. Enjoy!

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