LaPorte gives you access to over...

500 Asset Class Indices including World-wide equity, fixed income, cash, inflation, etc.
(Begins various years. Requires 9 megabytes.)

500 Managed Futures Advisors and Indices including diversified, currency, financials, and discretionary.
(Begins in 1979. Requires 5 megabytes.)

 6000+ US and non-US Hedge Funds covering many classes such as event driven, global, global macro, US opportunity, etc.
(Begins in 1992. Requires 30 megabytes.)

Types of information provided include...

 Name, address, contact, fees, etc.

 Detailed fund or manager styles

 Monthly or quarterly rates of return, dividends and distributions, NAV/share, assets managed

Methods of data update...

 CD-ROM sent every month

 Download updates from the internet