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Small Hedge Fund Manager Sentiment Survey Reveals Expectations for 2006
VanthedgePoint Releases Results of Its First Annual Survey

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, March 1, 2006 – VanthedgePoint Group, Inc., an integrated financial services firm catering to small hedge funds, today announced the results from its first annual Small Hedge Fund Manager Sentiment Survey.

Overall, small hedge fund managers indicated they are slightly bullish (44%) on the U.S. economy in 2006, but a large minority said they were neutral (32%). They cited “Increasing energy costs” (39%) and a “Real estate market slowdown” (32%) as playing the most important role in how the U.S. economy will fare this year.

When it comes to investing, International equities (37%) is expected to be the best performing asset class in 2006, followed by Commodities (30%) and U.S. equities (27%), while they expected Real estate (49%) and U.S. Government debt (22%) to be the two worst performing asset classes. As for which particular sectors would be among the best performers in 2006, Technology (37%) and Raw Materials (37%) led the way, followed by Financial Services (27%), Internet (27%) and Defense (24%).

A surprising finding was that 22% of respondents invest more than 20% of their portfolio in private equity, along with an additional 17% that invest between 6-10% in private equity. In addition, 44% of hedge fund managers said they use index-based products, while another 10% are considering them for use in their portfolios.

“There are a lot of talented managers generating alpha who are being overlooked by investors because they are not brand names launching multi-billion dollar hedge funds,” said Geoffrey M. Tudisco, CEO and founder of VanthedgePoint Group, Inc. “Our survey was designed to help bring more attention to this pool of largely untapped talent. Small hedge funds are capable of generating more attractive returns than larger funds because they are not capacity constrained, and their small size allows them to move in and out of positions much easier than large funds.”

About VanthedgePoint
VanthedgePoint Group, Inc. is an integrated financial services company focused on delivering products and services to empower small hedge funds. VanthedgePoint Group operates two wholly owned subsidiaries: VanthedgePoint Securities LLC, a registered broker/dealer (Member FINRA/SIPC), and VanthedgePoint Technologies LLC. VanthedgePoint Group is a privately held company with principal offices located in New York, NY.