Almost 49 percent of the managers are in the green for the year with roughly 11 percent of these managers posting double digit gains as tracked in the Eurekahedge Global Hedge Funds Database. Total assets under management (AUM) have increased by $8 billion as of September 2018 year-to-date, down from $150.7 billion over the same period last year as performance-driven losses and subdued allocations from investors cap asset growth. Excluding January, investors have redeemed $31.4 billion from hedge funds globally through to September.