Former hedge fund seeding company BRI Partners has launched a new family of investable hedge fund indexes that will deliver the beta of alternative strategies. The BRI Long/Short Equity Index (BRILSE), calculated in conjuction with indexing specialist Wilshire Associates, is the first of eight measures that will be rolled out over the coming months, the company said in a statement.  Unlike existing hedge fund indexes, the BRI Indexes do not measure the performance of hedge fund managers and, therefore, do not rely on managers to provide a snapshot of month-end results.  Decades of economic and academic research are the foundation...