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Lipper TASS Report shows 3Q08 hedge fund industry losses of $170bln
Wednesday, December 03, 2008

From the Opalesque team: After the hedge fund industry continued to gain assets through the second quarter of 2008, the third quarter saw an industry wide decrease in assets, to the tune of $170bln according to the Lipper TASS Asset Flow Report for 3Q08. The losses were a combination of record breaking negative performance across indices (-10.33% according to the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index) and asset outflows ($18.6bln or -1.21%).

The volatility of 2Q08 followed by market illiquidity resulted in hedge fund substrategies reporting negative returns across the board for 3Q08. The ran......................

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