Distribution Network
Private Investor Business
Man's private investor business offers the prospect of good risk adjusted returns, with low correlation to traditional assets classes such as equities and bonds.
Investor base
- High net worth and mass affluent individuals.
- Introduced to Man products by bankers, financial advisers, brokers or asset managers.
Distribution network
- Dedicated distribution team of over 300 individuals, supporting our network of over 2,000 intermediaries.
Adaptable product range
- Guaranteed products provide principal protection, access to a blend of hedge fund styles, monthly liquidity and relatively low entry points.
- Open-ended products provide more concentrated access to single manager content such as AHL, with monthly liquidity, as well as to diversified and concentrated fund of fund offerings, either multi-strategy or theme/sector based.
Man's private investor business continued to see net inflows in extraordinarily difficult markets during 2008. Top of investors' agendas were performance, liquidity and principal protection, all of which were provided by Man's product range.
Institutional Investor Business
Man's institutional investor business serves a diverse client base of pension plans, insurance companies, asset managers, joint venture partners and corporates, worldwide.
Investor base
- 250 institutions, principally in Switzerland, Germany and the UK.
Distribution network
- Dedicated sales force.
Adaptable product range
- Full range of products consisting of both diversified and strategy specific portfolios, as well as fully customised solutions.
Institutional investors faced significant challenges in 2008. Many were forced to sell assets to raise capital, with hedge funds at the more liquid end of the spectrum and therefore one of the first sources of liquidity, irrespective of performance. Man's institutional business inevitably suffered in these conditions, with institutional funds under management reducing from $31.1 billion to $19.0 billion. Nevertheless, we honoured our commitments to allow our investors to redeem when they needed to, and outperformed industry benchmarks. Find out more...
RMF Four Seasons Strategies
RMF Four Seasons Strategies is our benchmark diversified institutional offering. Investors benefit from RMF's global presence, access to the capacity of leading hedge fund managers, manager selection and asset allocation expertise and risk management skills. It contains around 170 underlying managers representing five complementary hedge fund styles - equity hedge, event driven, global macro, managed futures and relative value - and targets returns uncorrelated with world stock markets. Since its launch in August 1999, RMF Four Seasons has delivered annualised returns of 4.5% compared to -4.4% for world stocks.
Man AHL Diversified plc
AHL is a world-leading quantitative investment manager specialising in systematic trading. It uses heavily researched trading systems to identify and profit from trends and other inefficiencies across a highly diversified portfolio of futures and other financial instruments. AHL content is marketed to private investors in guaranteed and open-ended formats, and to institutions. AHL's flagship Diversified programme has generated an annualised return of 18.9% since its launch in March 1996, and returned 33.2% in the 2008 calendar year.
Man-IP 220
Man-IP 220 is our global guaranteed private investor product and a flagship product in key areas of strength such as Japan. It contains blended content from managed futures manager AHL and fund of funds manager Glenwood to generate smoother overall performance. The product's capital guarantee ensures the return of at least the investor's initial investment at maturity. Since its inception in December 1996, Man-IP 220 has generated annualised returns of 14.2%.
Man OM-IP 220 Ltd
Man OM-IP 220 Ltd is our flagship product in Australia. Launched in August 1997 with a term of eight years, it has developed a stable investor base with 60% of investors electing to continue their investments for a further 10 years at the original maturity date in June 2005. Man OM-IP 220 Ltd has delivered a 15.6% compound annual return since launch.
