“‘Our marketplace’ is a term encompassing
all interactions with those of our stakeholders
which impact on our dealings with our ‘customers’.”
Our Businesses
Man InvestmentsMan Investments is a global leader in the fast-growing alternative investments industry, providing innovative products and tailor-made solutions to a wide range of private and institutional investors worldwide. As of 31 March 2007, funds under management stood at $61.7 billion. Through its multi-managers RMF, Glenwood and Man Global Strategies, and single managers AHL, Pemba and Bayswater, Man Investments has achieved leadership in alternative investments asset classes.
In its core hedge fund asset class, Man Investments distributes guaranteed products and open-ended products to private investors through a network of more than 2,000 global and regional distributors. Institutional asset gathering typically takes place via direct relationships, and is coordinated through dedicated relationship managers. Man Investments’ track record stretches back over more than two decades in an industry whose central aim is to provide diversification away from traditional equity and bond investments. Man’s powerful global presence reflects its strong product development and structuring skills, along with an extensive investor service and distribution network.
MF GlobalMF Global is the leading broker of exchange-listed futures and options in the world. It provides execution and clearing services for exchange-traded and over-the-counter, or OTC, derivative products, as well as for non-derivative foreign exchange products and securities in the cash market. MF Global provides its clients with access to many of the largest and fastest growing financial markets throughout the world.
MF Global’s business is based on a diversified yet fully integrated model that allows it to offer a variety of derivative and cash products across a broad range of trading markets through multiple distribution channels. This diversified yet integrated model positions MF Global as a centralised provider of brokerage services across multiple products, trading markets and regions. We believe there is a strong market trend toward diversified trading activities, whereby clients seek multiple trading alternatives to implement their trading strategies. We believe MF Global is well positioned to profit from this trend because it provides its clients with a single point of entry into a wide range of diverse trading alternatives, and enables them to bridge the gaps between complementary products, trading markets and regions. We believe that MF Global’s ability to provide access, to a wide range of trading alternatives, as well as clearing services, distinguishes it from most of its principal competitors, provides diversity and stability to its business, and enables it to adapt quickly to changing market conditions and client needs.
MF Global – Important Note
As a result of the Initial Public Offering of MF Global, we are limited
to what we are able to say regarding the Company other than to refer
the reader to the Man Group plc Annual Report and the MF Global filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States.
These documents contain detailed information regarding the description
of the business and its risk factors. Both documents can be accessed
at www.mangroupplc.com.
In addition to its strategy of designing high quality and innovative products, Man Group’s policy in developing products and/or services is that the process should systematically take into account the need to ensure suitability of the product or service to its target audience.
Man InvestmentsIn the context of Man Investments, the emphasis is on continuously developing and refining new investment strategies to achieve new sources of return and risk control, with innovative structuring to meet specific customer requirements regarding risk limitation, fiscal characteristics, regulatory developments and product life.
Underpinning all innovation is a rigorous programme of research, analysis and testing and retesting. The division seeks continually to improve the performance of its trading algorithms, style portfolios and portfolio optimisation methodology to protect its investors’ interests to the maximum possible extent.