Compensation gains for Portfolio Managers, Risk Managers reflect increased investor visibility; Bonus structure, role evolution contributes to greater alignment of interest CHICAGO, (October 31, 2013) - Hedge fund industry compensation rose for the 3rd consecutive year, as trends of increased investor visibility, organizational transparency, increased reporting requirements and role evolution accelerated on record industry assets. Average compensation rose between five and ten percent in 2013, with wide categorical and performance driven disparity, and with Portfolio Managers, Senior Analysts and Risk Managers at top performing funds seeing the highest relative increases, according the latest 2014 Glocap Hedge Fund Compensation Report, published today by Glocap and HFR. Over the first three quarters of 2013, global hedge fund industry capital exceeded $2.51 trillion, the fifth consecutive quarterly asset level record, as the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gained +5.5 percent YTD. The percentage of all hedge funds which reached their high watermarks YTD through September also rose to 62 percent, a sharp increase from the 48.4 percent of funds which reached respective high watermarks in 2012.