Performance for July 2009 : -4.76%; Performance since start +27.6%
Amsterdam, August 18, 2009 – DQS Absolute Return Fund, a quantitative multi-strategy hedge fund, today announced that the results for July 2009
are -4.76%. The performance of the fund since the start in August 2006 is +27.6%.

DQS Fund aims to invest in a broad range of exchange traded products in the United States and Europe. The fund has an active investment policy using statistical models, with a diversification across strategies, instruments, countries and sectors. Due to this policy the results of DQS Fund are above average; their returns are independent of market conditions, have an excellent reward/risk ratio and a low correlation with other assets.

DQS Fund manager John Hoek: ‘The conditions in the various markets and stock indeces are currently quite challenging for our models. Due to our strict risk management systems we were able to limit the impact of those unfavourable circumstances on our portfolio.’