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British Airways hits turbulence as brokers say worst is yet to come

24.09.09
Shares in British Airways went into a tailspin today as UBS warned that the airline won't make a profit until 2012.... more

Footsie surge set to continue as brokers talk up shares

11.09.09
Leading shares on the climb as growing confidence in the economy is being matched by the enthusiasm from brokers anxious to talk the stock market higher... more

Hedge revival slows drain on Man funds

09.07.09
A rapid recovery in hedge fund performances in the past few months has seen a sharp fall in institutional investors withdrawing their money from Man Group ... more

Barclays sale spurs fund managers

12.06.09
A flurry of rumours stoked up by Barclays’ mouthwatering deal with BlackRock propelled interest sky high in other fund managers ... more

Hedge fund giant eyes a bounceback

28.05.09
This year could see the bounceback of the hedge fund industry after a pretty disastrous 2008, Peter Clarke, chief executive of the world's largest publicly quoted hedge fund manager Man Group, said today ... more

Awkward facts about Heathrow third runway

07.05.09
As leading business figures puncture the BA/BAA claim that a Third Runway is vital for the British economy by saying that, er, it isn’t, how does the airport operate.. ... more

At last, hedge funds admit they must solve image problem

27.03.09
Secretive, arrogant, reckless. These are some of the nicer things they say about the hedge fund industry. Responsible for bringing the financial system to its knees? You could easily argue that.... more

Man’s profits halved as investors take off

26.03.09
The financial crisis has seen $17 billion of investors’ funds withdrawn from Britain’s largest hedge-fund manager Man Group... more

Unilever on the climb after £350m bond-issue success

16.03.09
Unilever today stood out with a rise of 22p to 1314p. Friday's issue of a £350 million corporate bond at par and yielding 3.9%, redeemable in 2014, by the Knorr soup and Lipton tea group was quickly gobbled up... more

Man Group set to sue over £245m Madoff hit

14.01.09
Finance: Britain's biggest hedge fund is to sue anyone involved in fleecing it for $360 million in the $50 billion Bernard Madoff alleged Ponzi scandal... more

Support by City may backfire on Tories

12.01.09
Stanley Fink, the former chief executive of Man Group, is a hugely able guy, but that does not make it a wise decision for him to become joint treasurer of the Conservative party with Icap's Michael Spencer... more

Goldman paints a bleak picture for ITV, BSkyB

09.01.09
It was a bleak day for broadcasters as Goldman Sachs added ITV and BSkyB to its influential conviction sell list... more

Lawyers target funds in bid to get back Madoff scam billions

19.12.08
Scandal: Nicola Horlick's Bramdean, Arkie Busson's EIM and Man Group have been named as potential targets of legal action in the Bernie Madoff $50 billion Ponzi scandal... more

Top hedge funds take battering over Madoff

16.12.08
Investment: There was grave embarrassment as Man Group insiders admitted the firm effectively breached its own standards to invest in and lose $360 million in the Madoff scandal... more

British banks lose £1billion in Wall Street fraud

15.12.08
British banks and investors have lost billions in the world's biggest fraud, it has been revealed... more

Global hedge funds knocked back by $100bn in a month

13.11.08
The world's hedge funds lost $100 billion (£66.45 billion) in assets in October alone as firms like Man were hit by a mass of investor redemptions... more

Market report: Financial sector hit by Paulson’s bank U-turn

13.11.08
The fallout from the banking crisis and stock market collapse continues to shake investors who remain sellers of everything connected with the financial sector... more

Market report: Dresdner adds voice to the share buy chorus

12.11.08
Dresdner Kleinwort is the latest among a growing number of brokers that has begun urging clients to start looking to buy the stock market... more

City's 'helping hand' fund that makes a little go a long way

12.11.08
Asked to make a prediction for next year at a recent dinner, one FTSE 100 company chairman put his bet on social unrest.... more

Market report: Big Lloyds TSB sell-off catches dealers on hop

11.11.08
A big seller sent shares of Lloyds TSB tumbling 14p to 181.2p as more than nine million shares changed hands... more

Man Group sees profits slide by 24%

06.11.08
Man Group, the world's biggest listed hedge fund manager, saw profits slide 24% in the last six months ... more

Man upbeat amid stress as investors maintain their nerve

29.09.08
Finance: Man Group sought to shake off fears of a tsunami of redemptions in the hedge-fund industry, saying its more conservative rich private investors are keeping the faith... more

Market report: B&B hits new depths as rescuers steer clear

26.09.08
Bradford & Bingley slumps to yet another record low, losing a further 4p to 17¼p. The shares have fallen from a peak of 310p since the start of the year and are now being treated by traders as option money... more

Man shrugs off ban on short selling

24.09.08
Man Group, Britain's biggest listed hedge fund manager, has said it will be less badly hit by the ban on short selling of financial stock than many of its rivals... more

Hedge funds must wither, too

22.09.08
These are tough times for hedge funds. Earlier this year when the credit crunch showed no sign of easing, one industry insider predicted that between half and two thirds would not see out the year... more

Man sales still strong at £2.5bn

10.07.08
Hedge fund manager Man Group declared that demand for its funds remains strong despite figures showing the industry had its worst first-half performance for 18 years... more

Japanese put £7.7bn into Man

06.06.08
Hedge fund manager has trebled funds from Japanese clients in two years to 1.5 trillion yen... more

Hedge fund titan Fink to quit Man

29.05.08
Stanley Fink, one of the titans of London's hedge fund industry and architect of one of its biggest successes, Man Group, is to step down from the business at the age of 50... more

Man ties up with Ore Hill in £118m deal

31.03.08
Man Group doubles in size after £118m deal with New York-based Ore Hill... more

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