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Hilary Mantel wins the Booker with Tudor novel

07.10.09

Bookies' favourite Hilary Mantel scooped the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for her 'demanding' novel about Henry VIII's adviser Thomas Cromwell... 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

Hedge fund chief’s pay cheque halves

09.06.09

Peter Clarke, chief executive of the UK’s largest hedge fund manager, Man Group, had his pay chopped by 52% last year after MG’s profits tumbled by 40%... 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

MPs demand to see report into 'failure' of MI5 to stop 7/7 bombers

29.04.09

Senior MPs demanded the immediate publication of a secret report into possible MI5 failures linked to the 7/7 bombings... 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The financial crisis has seen $17 billion of investors’ funds withdrawn from Britain’s largest hedge-fund manager Man Group...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

Chelsea through after early scare

15.01.09

Luiz Felipe Scolari's Chelsea survived the fog and a potential upset as they came from behind to see off spirited League One outfit Southend 4-1 ... more

Man Group set to sue over Ł245m 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

United battle is crucial for Scolari after Cup bid is hit by the blues

05.01.09

Following a disappointing draw against Southend, Chelsea and Luiz Felipe Scolari need a good result against Manchester United... 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

Menezes inquest revealed details of hunt for bombers

12.12.08

The inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes turned up fresh revelations about a month that changed the course of modern British history... more

Wanted: Outstanding Briton to be Met chief

06.11.08

The post of Metropolitan Police Commissioner is to be formally advertised tomorrow with the Home Secretary demanding a British citizen with an "outstanding record"... more

Is the northern bobby too close to Sir Ian Blair to succeed him?

08.10.08

Since the Mayor Boris Johnson ousted the Chief Commissioner of the Met, Sir Paul Stephenson has been in charge of policing London. He’s the bookies favourite for the job but he has his critics... more

Anti-terror chief went abroad for a holiday on 21/7

29.09.08

Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist chief went on holiday on the day of the attempted 21/7 bomb attacks, an inquest heard... 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

Big Brother tactics can't win the war on terror

15.09.08

When a London jury last week refused to convict anyone of plotting to destroy aircraft, they called down a rain of official fury on their heads... more

Scanners open the way for lifting ban on airline liquids

10.09.08

The ban on liquids being carried on to airlines may be lifted as early as next year, it has been claimed ... more

Yard forced to arrest suspects after 'leader' seized in Pakistan

09.09.08

Peter Clarke, the former head of the Counter Terrorism Command who led the liquid bomb plot inquiry, described how British police were forced to act to smash the bomb plot after the arrest of a man in Pakistan... 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