Man Group plc is an active investment management business listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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20 Facts About Man Group
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The following year Man Group won the contract to supply the Royal Navy with the rum for its daily "rum tot", a tradition under which all sailors were allocated a daily rum ration.
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Man Group further expanded from sugar and rum into other commodities such as coffee and cocoa.
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Man Group traded as a commodities business throughout the 19th and 20th century, gradually diversifying into financial services following the advent of financial exchanges to hedge commodity exposures.
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In 2007 Man Group moved into its present form as an investment management business, following the demerger and flotation of its brokerage business on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Man Group attained its current structure over time through acquisitions, which have now been fully integrated to form investment engines.
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In late 2017, Man Group announced the creation of a quantitative hedge fund in China.
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The firm has held licenses to operate in the country since 2012, but was provided clearance to operate as a private securities investment fund manager: Man Group is one of the first systematic investment managers to receive this accreditation.
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Man Group has five investment engines that offer a broad range of alternative and long-only strategies, run on a systematic and discretionary basis across liquid and private markets.
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Man Group acquired Man Numeric to build a diversified quantitative fund management business in non-momentum strategies, and to develop Man Group's presence in the North American market.
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Man Global Private Markets Group launched in 2017, with the completed acquisition of Aalto Invest Holding AG, a real estate investment management company with $1.
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In September 2021, Man Group announced a number of changes to its senior management, which became effective from 1 October 2021.
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Man Group sponsored the Man Booker literary prize from 2002 to 2019.
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In 2019, Man Group launched the Man US Charitable Foundation to provide funding and volunteering opportunities in the US.
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In June 2007 Man Group launched a joint project with the University of Oxford, the Oxford-Man Group Institute of Quantitative Finance.
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In 2016 the Oxford-Man Group Institute expanded its focus on machine learning and data analytics, becoming part of the University of Oxford's Department of Engineering Science.
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In December 2019, The University of Oxford and Man Group announced that funding support for the Oxford-Man Institute had been agreed for a further five years.
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Man Group is a former sponsor of the Man Group International Climate Change Award and the Man Asian Literary Prize.
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