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Crispin Odey rose up the rankings in 2014, but which other hedge fund managers stand among the richest in the UK?

Man AHL, the quantitative investment arm of Man Group, has launched four UCITs-compliant systematic strategies with different return profiles.

Reade Griffith, the hedge fund manager who built sizeable stakes in Ashcourt Rowan and WH Ireland last year, has upped his stake in Liontrust Asset Management to 10%.

Ben Bernanke has become a senior adviser to a prominent US hedge fund, his first non-research role since leaving the US Federal Reserve.

After five years languishing at the bottom of performance tables, the trend-following fund MAN AHL Diversity managed to produce a stellar return last year, as asset classes diverged.

Hedge fund manager Man Group has agreed to acquire fund boutique NewSmith for an undisclosed sum.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is on course to win a $1m bet that the humble index tracker will produce better returns than a complex hedge fund.

A rise in global M&A activity could offer investors a new source of diversification in future, according to Franklin Templeton's David Saunders.

Angry investors are planning legal action against the regulator in a bid to claw back losses they claim its predecessor caused when it branded their traded life settlement investments "toxic".

Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey has warned major economies are entering a recession that will be "remembered in a hundred years".