Man Group - Record Results in Turbulent Markets

LONDON, May 29 /PRNewswire/ --     Man Group CEO Peter Clarke and FD Kevin Hayes
interviewed on
http://www.cantos.com about record-breaking results for 2007-08 which saw
pre-tax profits of over $2bn generated and assets under management up 21% to
$75bn . Man Group is one of the world's leading providers of alternative
investments. Peter Clarke puts fund performance in context, including the
core AHL fund which was up over 30% over the financial year. Kevin Hayes
explains in detail about margins, dividend and share buybacks.



    While the outlook for the market will remain volatile "for some time", Mr
Clarke says the company will focus on growth and benefit from its strong
capital base.



    "I think we have an exciting time ahead of us. We have the benefits of
regulatory trends which are making it more straightforward for investors to
get to our sorts of products and changing patterns of wealth accumulation
which are creating huge numbers of new and sophisticated private and
institutional investors around the world. There are lots of opportunities. We
intend to take advantage of many of those opportunities. There's plenty to
do. And we have the capital and resources to do it."



    There will also be a live presentation to analysts at 09:00BST with
on-demand replay available later today.



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