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The world’s largest listed hedge fund, Man Group, today revealed the global financial turmoil had knocked nearly a quarter off interim profits and left assets under management lower than forecast.

The London market started the week on the front foot today as investor confidence returned after recent wobbles over Chinese stocks and global interest rates.

A New York-based activist investor has called on British bank Barclays to drop its takeover of Dutch rival ABN Amro.

British Gas owner Centrica led an advance for the London market today after Russian gas giant Gazprom said over the weekend that it was close to finalising an unnamed deal to increase its market presence in the UK.

A New York-based activist investor has called on Barclays to drop its takeover of Dutch rival ABN Amro, it emerged today.