For Immediate Release

ST. JULIANS, Malta/EWORLDWIRE/Oct. 15, 2012 --- Hedgeweek, the hedge fund industry's leading news portal, has just released a special report - "EXANTE 2012." The strategies of six top performers in EXANTE Hedge Fund Index, which currently is composed of the 20 best performing hedge funds listed on EXANTE's Automated Trading Platform (ATP), are detailed.

"EXANTE's fund platform is a potential game changer for the industry as it gives investors the opportunity to invest directly in hedge funds," stated Gatis Eglitis, one of EXANTE's managing partners. "The critical factor is the ability to generate meaningful alpha - EXANTE is not too concerned about the types of strategies on the platform but rather their quality. What counts when assessing a manager is audited historical performance, as this shows past volatility. If performance is exceptional, we first ensure that there is nothing hidden beneath the tip of the iceberg. When confirmed, we are happy to work with the hedge fund managers to list their fund."

From the EXANTE Hedge Fund Index, which has yielded 36.4 percent over the past two years, six of the top performing funds and their strategies are exclusively profiled in the Hedgeweek Special Report. Those spotlighted are Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund, Quantum Brains Capital Fund, Da Vinci K2 Tachyon Fund, Wermuth Leveraged Quant Eastern Europe Strategy, Courant Fund and MTG Multi-Arbitrage Fund.

While each successfully applies algorithms, their strategies cannot differ more; they range from analyzing economic indicators and quantitative approaches, to broadening to a wider assortment of asset classes and systematic short-term trading models.

The Hedgeweek Special Report also investigates how conducting business globally has encouraged different trading philosophies - from delivering sustainable value and an anti-emotional approach. to viewing the financial markets as if they were any other ecosystem.

The Hedgeweek Special Report introduces the recently established Bitcoin Fund, which has been designed to institutionalize one of the most successful electronic currencies - Bitcoin. The purpose of the fund is to give an opportunity for professional investors and eligible counterparties to take an advantage of appreciation of digital currency Bitcoin, which otherwise would not be possible.

EXANTE 2012 covers EXANTE Hedge Fund Index top performers and their strategies, investigating the reasons why they choose EXANTE, along with the latest trends and developments in the hedge fund market.

To download the full report, visit http://www.hedgeweek.com/sites/default/files/HW_Exante_Report_12_0.pdf

For more information on EXANTE, visit http://www.exante.eu.

About EXANTE
EXANTE is a regulated financial services company in the European Union. EXANTE is a neutral broker in financial markets which simply brings sellers and buyers together. EXANTE's all-in-one multi-asset platform ensures optimal portfolio overview and extensive global reach on a wide variety of financial products (Currencies, Swaps, CFDs, Stocks, Options, Bonds, Commodities, Futures, Funds, FOPs).

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SOURCE: EXANTE Ltd.