Dutch fund among hardest hit by commodities rout

``Dutch Transtrend, a trend-following hedge fund owned by Rabobank NV, was one of the biggest losers in last week's commodities slide, losing more than $500 million (305 million pounds), an investor in the fund told Reuters on Monday... The fund's $6 billion flagship portfolio suffered a loss of around 9 to 9.5 percent, according to the investor, who had seen a performance report. ''