Hedge Funds Record Third Consecutive Month of Positive Gains, Says S&P, S&P Hedge Fund Index up 1.16% in March, YTD 4.03%

April 10, 2006 – Standard & Poor’s, the world’s leading index provider, announced today that hedge fund returns, as measured by the S&P Hedge Fund Index (S&P HFI), rose 1.16% in March – its third consecutive month of positive performance. Ye