About Man

A global leader in alternative investment strategies, combining performance-focused investment skill, advanced investment technology, and a client-centred approach.

Relentlessly curious. Globally connected

At Man, we have one simple purpose: deliver returns for our clients through differentiated investments. We seek to achieve this through a combination of advanced technology, investment talent, and deep expertise of markets, trading and portfolio management. While markets and investor challenges may evolve, our commitment to curiosity, innovation, and collaboration remains constant.

Since our founding 240 years ago, we’ve built a reputation for resilience, adaptability and our unique entrepreneurial spirit. We never stand still, with over 600 technologists driving proprietary systems that support research, trading, and reporting. It’s a dynamic culture of challenging conventions and solving complex problems that spans our 23 offices in over 14 countries.

$227.6 billion

Total assets under management across public and private markets

Est. 1783‎

Over 240 years of trading history

1,700+

Employees from over 70 countries

25

Office locations around the world

Note: Total assets under management as at 31 December 2025.

Investment offering

We are an active investment management firm focused on delivering attractive performance and client portfolio solutions, deploying the latest technology across our business to help ensure we stay at the forefront of our evolving industry.

Man Group’s investment capabilities span the public and private markets, with a mix of long-only and alternative approaches across all major asset classes. Our Systematic offering includes a range of strategies run by longstanding quantitative managers Man AHL and Man Numeric while our fundamental, research-driven Discretionary capabilities provide distinctive alternative and long-only investment approaches in equities, credit and multi-asset, as well as private market approaches, including direct lending. Our Solutions capabilities offer a partnership-based approach dedicated to solving the complex investment needs of institutional clients.

Across our investment managers, we manage US$ 227.6bn* for our global clients, with institutional investors contributing 72% (2025) of the group’s funds under management.

* Total assets under management as at 31 December 2025.

A legacy of innovation

From our beginnings as a London sugar broker to becoming a global pioneer in alternative investing, innovation has always been at the heart of our business. We have consistently embraced change, leveraging technology and research to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving industry. Today, our commitment to intellectual curiosity and collaboration continues to shape the future of investing.

1783

James Man founds the company as a sugar cooperage and brokerage in the City of London

1802

Man expands further into commodities, trading sugar, coffee, cocoa and other commodities

1972

Man establishes its first overseas operations in New York and Hong Kong

1983

Man celebrates 200 years and diversifies into investment management

1989

AHL becomes part of Man Group

2000

Man Group demerges from the agricultural commodities business, known as ED&F Man

2007

Man and the University of Oxford launch the Oxford-Man Institute

2010

Man acquires and integrates Man GLG

2012

Man acquires managed account platform Man FRM

2014

Man acquires and integrates Man Numeric

2017

Man acquires Aalto Invest and launches Man Global Private Markets (Man GPM)

2023

Man acquires specialist middle-market direct lender Varagon Capital Partners

2025

Man acquires credit manager Bardin Hill

Join Man and solve the most complex challenges in investment

Join a global team of innovators, technologists, and problem-solvers, driven by curiosity and empowered to make an impact.

At Man, we challenge convention and tackle some of the most complex problems in finance, investment technology and data science. Success isn’t defined by a single path, it’s shaped by initiative, adaptability and continual learning. Be part of a community where some of the sharpest minds shape the future of investing.

Oxford-Man Institute

The Oxford-Man Institute is Man’s unique collaboration with the University of Oxford, conducting pioneering research into quantitative finance, machine learning and data analytics. Providing a bridge between the academic and practitioner investment communities, the work completed here directly contributes to our investment methodologies and bespoke advisory capabilities.

A responsibility to our clients, colleagues and communities

Corporate sustainability‎

‎A responsibility to conduct business with the highest standards of integrity.

Environmental commitment

See how we're minimising our operational impact.

Responsible investment

‎A data-driven approach to meeting our clients’ sustainable investment goals.

Diversity, equity & inclusion

Ensuring we attract and elevate the best talent possible.