In the week ending September 25th 2019, a research by eVestment showed that the hedge fund industry assets under management plummeted by -$88.7bn. Investors removed -$19.64bn from the industry in December, bringing total 2018 investor redemptions to -$35.3bn, the second highest investor redemptions since 2009. HFR data pointed to a drop of hedge fund assets to $3.11tn as of Dec. 31, down from the prior quarter record of $3.24tn due to investor redemptions, record equity market losses and overall market volatility.