As energy and agriculture commodity prices generally climbed higher in September, and developed equity markets stayed mostly positive, the performance trends across the hedge fund industry from the prior month have mostly continued. From a strategy perspective, distressed managers have emerged as industry leaders, and activists’ strategies have benefited despite softening equity markets. Returns from both macro and managed futures universes are illustrating the divergent opinions and differing quantitative interpretations of global market events and their influences in both absolute and relative pricing trends. Hedge funds gained +0.73% in September, and +2.91% in Q3 2016. The industry average is +4.40%...