Clive Capital, the world’s largest commodities hedge fund and reportedly co-founder of a new index with Goldman Sachs, paid one of its partners £83.9m over 11 months during the past financial year, amid a commodities boom that has seen some prices reach record highs.

According to Companies House filings issued on Thursday, Clive Capital founder Christian Levett, along with fellow members of the partnership Richard Boland and Elizabeth Holstein, withdrew a total of £104.4m in remuneration from March 31 2010 to February 28 2011.