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CHICAGO, (March 6, 2015) – The dissident voice of the outspoken shareholder activist may have grown slightly louder in February, as Event Driven hedge funds led a strong month of hedge fund industry gains, with the HFRI ED: Activist Index posting the strongest monthly gain in two years, as reported today by HFR? the established global leader in the indexation, analysis and research of the global hedge fund industry. Overall, the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index?posted a gain of +1.85 percent for the month, the best performance for the broad-based composite since February 2014, with gains across all strategies led by Event Driven, Equity Hedge and a recovery in Energy-focused strategies. The HFRI Fund of Hedge Funds Index advanced +1.63 percent for the month.