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Man Group funds hit by market turbulence

Reuters UK – British listed hedge fund manager Man Group Plc said on Monday first-half sales rose by about 25 percent to $10 billion, but its shares fell as market turbulence hit its funds under management. Funds under management fell […]

Withered hedge funds set for severe autumn pruning

Times Online – Who would be in hedge funds right now? Man Group, which has long traded on its name as the world’s largest hedge fund manager, yesterday found the tag something of a liability. The shares lost 35½p to […]

Trailblazer Fink returns to head £200m hedge fund

The Independent – Stanley Fink, the so-called godfather of UK hedge funds, has made a dramatic return to the industry after retiring from Man Group, the largest alternatives manager in the world, only two months ago. Mr Fink confirmed yesterday […]

Stanley Fink plots comeback with Lord Levy in hedge fund venture

Daily Telegraph – Stanley Fink, the former boss of Man Group, who became one of the City’s best-known financiers, is teaming up with Lord "Cashpoint" Levy to make a spectacular comeback to the hedge fund industry he quit last year. […]

RAB Capital plans to revamp flagship fund

Financial Times – RAB Capital is planning to restructure its flagship hedge fund, which plunged more than a third this year, and offering investors lower fees in return for agreeing not to withdraw their money for three years. It is […]

Hedge fund Ore Hill limits redemptions

Reuters – Hedge fund Ore Hill Partners, which specialises in credit strategies, has barred clients from redeeming their money from its flagship offering, imposing a freeze just as investors clamored for an exit, the company said on Friday. The firm, […]

Ore Hill Hedge Fund Halts Redemptions

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – New York-based Ore Hill has suspended investor redemptions after hefty withdraws set off an “automatic gate.”  The $1.2 billion Ore Hill International Portfolio, which is partially owned by hedge fund giant Man Group Plc, was frozen […]

Prudential name Harvey McGrath as new chairman

Glasgow Daily Record – Insurers Prudential yesterday named the former boss of the world’s largest listed hedge fund manager as their new chairman. Harvey McGrath, 55, will join the board on September 1 and take over from Sir David Clementi […]

Commodities Slide Hits Hedge Funds

Washington Post – John W. Henry & Co., the investment firm run by the Boston Red Sox baseball team’s owner, is among hedge funds that in July suffered their worst drops in almost 18 months as oil and other commodities […]

John W. Henry, Altis, Man Funds Slide in July Commodities Rout

Bloomberg – John W. Henry & Co., the investment firm run by the Boston Red Sox baseball team’s owner, is among hedge funds that suffered their worst drops in almost 18 months in July as oil and other commodities retreated […]

Hedge funds prove slow to adopt best-practice valuation

Wealth Bulletin- In January, 14 of the UK’s largest hedge funds, including Man Group, Brevan Howard and Gartmore, backed the Hedge Fund Working Group’s best-practice standards. These aim to improve governance and disclosure and to promote transparent and independent valuation. […]

Man says demand for fund products remained strong

Reuters – Man Group Plc, the world’s biggest listed hedge fund company, said demand for its fund products had remained strong in the first quarter and it was confident about its prospects for the full year. Sales in the three […]