SAO PAULO, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Brazilian lender BTG

Pactual reported a third-quarter adjusted net income

of 4.54 billion reais ($840,13 million) on Tuesday, up 42% from

the previous year, and above the 4.02 billion reais estimated in

an LSEG poll.

Total revenue came in at 8.82 billion reais, a 37%

year-on-year increase, BTG said in a securities filing, also

exceeding the 8.08 billion reais forecast by the poll. Adjusted

return on average equity (ROAE), a gauge of profitability, stood

at 28.1%, up from 23.5% a year earlier.

($1 = 5.4039 reais)