GLG Partners

GLG is to soft-close its Dublin-domiciled European Equity Alternative fund, run by the group's co-founder Pierre Lagrange, less than a year after it launched.

Philip Pearson and Anthony Burton are co-managers of the GLG Technology Equity fund, one of the most successful technology funds of the past three years.

GLG's Christophe Akel is stepping down from his role as manager of the group's corporate and strategic bond funds for personal reasons.

Derek Stuart, manager of the £1.1bn Artemis UK Special Situations fund, has upped his position in troubled asset manager Man Group.

GLG has launched a UCITS III version of its long/short financials strategy, managed by David Sanders and Stephen Holliday.

Man Group shares soared in morning trading despite the group reporting a 40% fall in pre-tax profits for the nine months ended 31 December 2011.

Discussions around what the post-RDR landscape will look like have tended to focus on cost and share classes but what of fund choice in 2013 and beyond? How many funds will remain in existence and how many providers?

GLG has soft closed Stephen Harker's £1.1bn Japan CoreAlpha fund and the offshore version for a temporary period because of liquidity concerns in the Japanese market.

The upcoming flotation of the social networking site is gaining plenty of column inches but should you be backing its IPO? Here industry experts reveal whether it is really worth all the hype.

The FTSE 100 opened lower this morning despite recent positive economic data, as rumours of a Fitch downgrade of Italy weighed on markets.