Man Numeric
Man Numeric
Who we are
At Man Numeric we have a research-driven culture focused on innovation and generating alpha for our clients through quantitative stock selection models.
* as at 30 September 2022. Total Assets reflect AUM which includes leveraged assets. AUM refers to the Assets Under Management as stated and described in the Man Group Annual Report or the most recent Man Group Quarterly Trading Report and Statement. Total Assets and AUM include assets under management and advisement. Assets under management represent the aggregate fair value of all discretionary and non-discretionary assets, including fee paying and non-fee paying portfolios. Assets under advisement represent advisory-only assets over which the firm has no decision making or trading authority.
Culture
We believe our approach to investing is reflected in our culture:
It is disciplined and analytical, yet reflective and collegial. We hold ourselves to a high standard of excellence, encourage transparency and open-dialogue, and believe in empowerment with accountability.
Our investment team consists of a mix of thoughtful, seasoned professionals, with backgrounds from some of the largest and most well-regarded investment firms in the business, complemented by portfolio managers and researchers who joined out of school and gained their experience with us. We have long-held beliefs with respect to successful investing yet encourage new, value-added ideas.
Our research and portfolio management teams are fully integrated. We believe the combination of these skill sets and perspectives directly benefits our clients. The portfolio managers' skill set includes market knowledge of the fundamental drivers for individual and cohorts of stocks acquired through years of experience and closely following companies. Our researchers provide a complementary skill set in the form of higher-level quantitative and programming skills that are applied to the development and improvement of our systematic investment process.
The combination of these two skill sets provides for a sophisticated, intuitive, and fundamental approach to making investment decisions. We do not make decisions about our investment process by simply observing a pattern in historical data without regard to some fundamental, economic rationale for why we may see potential for persistency. This integrated structure makes each career path independent but provides the opportunity for interested personnel to cross over, if desired.
Beyond our investment professionals, we are further supported by the strong Man Group infrastructure, which includes traders, operations, client service, and systems professionals who provide a framework upon which our investment skills are supported. We work hard to maintain a client-centric culture of compliance and high ethical standards.
NINA, Associate Portfolio Manager
“I joined Man Numeric after completing my master’s program at Princeton. At the time, I was actually feeling somewhat jaded about the finance industry and had considered leaving it altogether until I began to interview at Man Numeric. The level of intellectual curiosity and passion among those Man Numeric employees I interviewed with completely blew me away. The best part is, I have continued to observe that same drive every day since I joined the firm. At Man Numeric my colleagues, mentors, and managers have always pushed me to question my implicit assumptions and to reciprocate by encouraging them to question theirs.
Man Numeric has also allowed me to utilize and grow my leadership skills. A big part of Man Numeric’s culture is the bi-annual Hack-A-thon and our community sponsorship events. I have had the privilege to lead the Hack-A-thon over the past few years, which has given me a chance to get to know people from different groups throughout the firm and, most importantly, make sure more junior members of the organization understand just how valuable and influential their ideas can be. A few years ago a few colleagues and I also founded a program where we teach computer science to students from a local underprivileged high school. Our biggest challenge with the program has been the overwhelming numbers of Man Numeric volunteers from all seniority levels and teams of the firm, which is great problem to have!
Man Numeric has a strict open-door policy no matter the seniority difference. I have always felt welcomed to step into my seniors’ offices to discuss a technical question, my career goals, or which set of powder skis I should get for my backcountry setup.”
CHAO, Quantitative Researcher
"During my doctorate program in applied mathematics, I worked on data assimilation and statistical inference in dynamic systems.
After graduation, I was honored to join Man Numeric and continued my explorations in the real quantitative world.
As a member of the Strategic Alpha Research ('S.A.R.') team, I’m completely supported and respected to work on various alpha projects. People at Man Numeric are motivated and hard-working. The management team creates a pretty open and collaborative working culture: brainstorming ideas with us, hands-on solving problems with us, and providing valuable feedback. I really appreciate all the trust and responsibilities I’ve received, which help me continuously to grow with Man Numeric. This is of great importance to a young professional like me.
In addition, I really enjoy the out-of-work activities organized by the firm, such as the occasional rock climbing and trivia nights, the summer outing, and Halloween party, to name a few. These events make me feel that people at Man Numeric are not just colleagues and mentors, but also friends and family.”
PAUL, Co-Head of Credit
“As an undergraduate in materials science and engineering, I first joined a research group studying the welding of dissimilar aluminum alloys.
Although I enjoyed casting samples in the foundry and welding them together, I was more excited about the computational materials research being done in the department. In 2006, I started computational research studying atomistic modeling and found real joy and excitement using programming to study the world. Through a co-op at Oak Ridge National Lab and graduate studies at Oxford in the materials department, I gained more experience with model design and the ins and outs of the research process. I also picked up investing as a hobby during graduate school, reading every investment book I could get my hands on. Investing was something I quickly became very passionate about. Working at Man Numeric has allowed me to mix that passion with my computational research skills into a career I love.
Man Numeric’s culture has given me opportunities to move from portfolio analyst, to technology, to research. Each role helps develop my skills and contribute meaningfully in different ways. From our CEO’s board game night each quarter to our mentoring program and staff meetings, I appreciate how management truly cares about making our work enjoyable, how they make themselves accessible to us, and how they support opportunities for growth and better understanding the firm’s prospects and strategy.”
VINAYAK, Research Analyst
“I joined Man Numeric after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with dual degrees in physics and finance.
The quantitative asset management industry felt like an excellent way to blend my passions for business with applied mathematics and data analysis.
I am amazed at Man Numeric’s culture of collaboration and innovation. I find my colleagues to be extremely approachable and even senior managers are exceptionally generous with their time. Moreover, I find that my ideas on improving alpha processes are always heard and considered, even from my early days at the firm. After an initial training period, I was able to propose my own projects and work on ideas I found promising. The process of coming up with an insight and eventually seeing it materialize as a new model or improvement to our alpha processes remains extremely rewarding and has me looking forward to work every day.”
Man Numeric is an intelligent, open and collaborative environment. We are constantly innovating on what we can do better – for our clients, peers and the community.
We promote an alpha-centric culture and rely on a team of talented people to cultivate that culture.
We have a stable, experienced team of investment professionals with multidisciplinary backgrounds that range from Physical Oceanography to Economics and Engineering. Our team promotes an environment that is investment focused, intellectually honest, collaborative, and transparent. We place a special emphasis on having professionals from diverse economic, social and geographical backgrounds in order to stimulate discussion and approach problems and challenges from multiple angles, as opposed to having all PhDs in Finance who went to similar schools and learned from the same text books.
Above all, individuals must show a love for and deep understanding of equity and credit markets, as we aim to marry theoretical ideas with real-world practicality. We are committed to the encouragement of continuing education through additional schooling or certifications, including the CFA.
The Man Charitable Trust
The Man Charitable Trust is a philanthropic trust funded by donations from Man Group, which focuses its grant giving on literacy, numeracy and programmes that support disadvantaged people to engage with education and build the necessary life skills to improve life chances and employment prospects. At Man Numeric, our culture encourages team philanthropic activities and the Trust provides access to charitable activities such as sponsorship matching and dedicated employee community volunteering days, known as Man Kind Days.
At Man Numeric, we are proud to partner with Codman Academy, a Boston based Charter Public School focused on preparing students for success in college and further education. Groups of students participate in after school sessions in the Boston office with members of the Research and Technology team as well as other groups. At the end of the 10-week sessions the students present their coding projects to Man Numeric employees.
We are also proud to partner with Girls who Invest, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women in portfolio management and executive leadership in the asset management industry. Man Numeric participates in their Summer Intensive program by hosting college interns while they complete a six-week internship in the Boston office.
We are also proud to partner with South Boston Neighborhood House ('SBNH'), whose mission is to support family and neighborhood life in South Boston, our Boston office's back yard. Annually we sponsor several families through SBNH's Holiday Helper program to help give our struggling local families the holiday season we all deserve.
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