Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR)

Hedge Fund Research (HFR) provides data on the historical performance of hedge funds, and is considered a global leader in the alternative investment industry. Established in1992, HFR produces the HFRI, HFRX, and HFRU indices, which are the industry's most widely used benchmarks of global hedge fund performance.

Data Available

The active HFR Database currently contains over 7,500 hedge funds and fund of funds. The HFR Dead Funds Database (funds that were previously listed in the active Database but either liquidated or stopped reporting to HFR) contains over 13,500 funds. Information and performance on over 21,000 total alternative investment vehicles is available from HFR via the WRDS platform.


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Email: database@hfr.com
Phone: 312-658-0955

Products

Description

Data Product Details

Title:

HFR Inactive Funds - Academic Version

Description:

Hedge Fund Research Database - Academic Version - Dead Funds (No Identifiers)

Product Code/Schema:

hfr_academic_dead

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1899-12-31 - 2025-09-30

Update Frequency:

Monthly

Total Size:

188.3 MiB

Data Last Updated:

Nov. 3, 2025, 8:09 a.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

Global

Concepts:

Mutual Fund / Hedge Fund / ETF Returns

Often Paired With:

Data Product Details

Title:

HFR Active Funds - Academic Version

Description:

Hedge Fund Research Database - Academic Version - Live Funds (No Identifiers)

Product Code/Schema:

hfr_academic_live

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1959-01-01 - 2025-10-01

Update Frequency:

Monthly

Total Size:

76.8 MiB

Data Last Updated:

Nov. 3, 2025, 8:14 a.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

Global

Concepts:

Mutual Fund / Hedge Fund / ETF Returns

Often Paired With:

Data Product Details

Title:

HFR Active Funds

Description:

Hedge Fund Research Database - Live Funds (with Identifiers)

Product Code/Schema:

hfr_hfrdb

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1959-01-01 - 2025-10-01

Update Frequency:

Monthly

Total Size:

129.7 MiB

Data Last Updated:

Nov. 3, 2025, 8:20 a.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

Global

Concepts:

Mutual Fund / Hedge Fund / ETF Returns

Often Paired With:

Data Product Details

Title:

HFR Inactive Funds

Description:

Hedge Fund Research Database - Dead Funds (with Identifiers)

Product Code/Schema:

hfr_hfrdb_dead

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1899-12-31 - 2025-09-30

Update Frequency:

Monthly

Total Size:

309.3 MiB

Data Last Updated:

Nov. 3, 2025, 8:26 a.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

Global

Concepts:

Mutual Fund / Hedge Fund / ETF Returns

Often Paired With:

Data Product Details

Title:

HFR Sample (non-identifiers)

Product Code/Schema:

hfrsamp_hfrdb

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1984-07-01 - 2011-10-31

Update Frequency:

N/A

Total Size:

1.0 MiB

Data Last Updated:

None

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

Global

Concepts:

Mutual Fund / Hedge Fund / ETF Returns

Often Paired With:


No related products specified.
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