Governance and risk

Robust governance and risk management are essential components of the management of our funds, and of Man. In both areas, Man is fully committed to the highest standards.

Key features of our approach are summarised below.

Fund management

  • Investment committees within each investment manager
  • Risk management, investment and operational due diligence processes covering investments in underlying managers; large and growing managed accounts platform with position level transparency and daily risk management; AHL a founder signatory to the Hedge Fund Standards Board best practice standards
  • Independent fund boards and monitoring of service providers such as valuation agents and fund administrators

Man

  • Comprehensive risk framework to establish risk appetite and to measure and manage market, credit, liquidity, operational, strategic, business and reputational risks
  • Sophisticated economic and regulatory capital framework designed to meet our internal needs as well as those of our regulators
  • Ultimate responsibility for risk governance at Board level, with support provided by a series of focused committees and independent risk, compliance and audit functions to ensure escalation and follow up of key risk issues
  • As a public company, extensive disclosure to the market and our regulators worldwide