Man Group plc was founded in 1783 and is based in London. Through its subsidiaries, it engages in the structuring, sale, and allocation of alternative investment products and solutions as well as functioning as a futures broker.
Man Investments, the Asset Management division, is a major provider in the alternative investment industry. It offers original products and tailor-made solutions to private and institutional investors. Man has been successful in developing leadership in hedge funds and has interests in other asset classes. In its core hedge fund asset class, Man offers funds of hedge funds, structured, style and solitary manager products. Man Investments’ mainstay investment managers form the foundation of the asset management business. They provide the investment content for portfolios and are responsible for portfolio construction, asset allocation decisions and risk management.
Man Global Strategies constructs and manages hedge style and multi-strategy portfolios, including the portfolios for Man Investments’ structured products. It also creates personalised portfolios in conjunction with institutional partners operating in local markets around the globe. It has a team that specifically identifies managers with complementary performance characteristics, and attempts to establish close associations with the managers it chooses.
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