Bloomberg – The global hedge fund industry lost $100 billion of assets in October, according to an estimate from Eurekahedge Pte, as firms including Sparx Group Co. and Man Group Plc were hammered by investor redemptions.

Funds fell an average 3.3 percent, based on preliminary figures from the Singapore-based data provider, as measured by the Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index, which tracks the performance of more than 2,000 funds that invest globally. That compares with a 19 percent slide in the MSCI World Index last month.

The biggest market losses since the Great Depression and investor withdrawals hurt the $1.7 trillion hedge funds industry that manages largely unregulated pools of capital. The index of global funds has lost 11 percent this year, set for the worst performance since 2000 when Eurekahedge began tracking the data.

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Reuters – Hedge fund manager PMA said on Wednesday its flagship macro vehicle focusing on foreign exchange and interest rate markets returned 4.83 percent in October, even as the global financial crisis ravaged many of its peers.

The unit of SPARX Group Co Ltd, Japan’s largest listed hedge fund manager, said the PMA Harvester Fund managed by macro-strategy chief investment officer Shun Hong Liu had now returned 21.33 percent year-to-date.

"Given that we anticipate that market conditions will remain difficult in the near-term, our strategy will be to remain light and nimble in our positions," the CIO said in a statement.

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