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February was a positive month for investors as growth stocks continued to outperform value.

Emerging markets rebounded after losses in January and Japanese equities continued to perform strongly, out-performing US Equities year to date (7.8% vs 6.9% in USD terms).

Bonds disappointed with yields continuing to rise as the prospect of near term rate cuts receded.

Alternatives were more mixed with gold and commodities falling over the month while hedge funds provided positive returns.

As a result, all currencies and risk categories of the ARC Indices are estimated to be positive for February.