Key Takeaways
- • Man Group launched two Dublin-domiciled UCITS-compliant equity funds managed by Man Numeric, marking the Boston-based quantitative manager's first European-regulated offerings following its September 2014 acquisition.
- • Man Numeric Market Neutral Alternative fund provides exposure to the firm's core market-neutral strategy (launched 2001), employing long-short equity positions across 9,000+ global stocks with holding periods of four weeks to one year, targeting low volatility and uncorrelated returns.
- • Man Numeric Emerging Markets Equity fund is based on the Numeric Emerging Markets Core Strategy (launched June 2013) and uses systematic, bottom-up quantitative stock selection to outperform the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
- • Man Numeric manages $16.7 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2014, with strategies overseen by co-heads of hedge fund strategies Greg Bond and Daniel Taylor.
- • The fund launches expand Man Group's quantitative investment vehicle range in Europe and represent a strategic shift to offer UCITS-compliant alternatives to institutional and European investors.
Summary
Man Group expanded its quantitative investment offerings on March 23, 2015, by launching two UCITS-compliant equity funds managed by Man Numeric, the Boston-based quantitative investment manager acquired in September 2014. Both funds are domiciled in Dublin, positioning them for European institutional distribution and regulatory compliance.
The Man Numeric Market Neutral Alternative fund marks the first UCITS vehicle offering from Man Numeric to European markets. The strategy, which originated in 2001, is built on a hybrid quantitative framework combining value-driven bottom-up stock selection with statistical arbitrage models. Managed by co-heads Greg Bond and Daniel Taylor, the fund employs long and short positions across a universe exceeding 9,000 global stocks, with typical holding periods ranging from approximately four weeks to one year. The strategy is designed to deliver consistent, low-volatility performance with returns uncorrelated to broad market indices and competing quantitative vehicles, supported by disciplined portfolio risk management across multiple investment models.
The second fund, Man Numeric Emerging Markets Equity, is built on the Numeric Emerging Markets Core Strategy, which launched in June 2013. This vehicle pursues outperformance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index through systematic, quantitative bottom-up stock selection, employing a disciplined investment process focused on individual security selection rather than top-down macro positioning.
Man Numeric commands $16.7 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2014, reflecting the firm's established institutional presence in quantitative equities. The UCITS launches represent a strategic expansion into European regulatory frameworks, enabling Man Group to distribute quantitative strategies to a broader base of European institutional investors, family offices, and wealth managers previously constrained by alternative fund structures.
The Man Numeric Market Neutral Alternative fund marks the first UCITS vehicle offering from Man Numeric to European markets. The strategy, which originated in 2001, is built on a hybrid quantitative framework combining value-driven bottom-up stock selection with statistical arbitrage models. Managed by co-heads Greg Bond and Daniel Taylor, the fund employs long and short positions across a universe exceeding 9,000 global stocks, with typical holding periods ranging from approximately four weeks to one year. The strategy is designed to deliver consistent, low-volatility performance with returns uncorrelated to broad market indices and competing quantitative vehicles, supported by disciplined portfolio risk management across multiple investment models.
The second fund, Man Numeric Emerging Markets Equity, is built on the Numeric Emerging Markets Core Strategy, which launched in June 2013. This vehicle pursues outperformance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index through systematic, quantitative bottom-up stock selection, employing a disciplined investment process focused on individual security selection rather than top-down macro positioning.
Man Numeric commands $16.7 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2014, reflecting the firm's established institutional presence in quantitative equities. The UCITS launches represent a strategic expansion into European regulatory frameworks, enabling Man Group to distribute quantitative strategies to a broader base of European institutional investors, family offices, and wealth managers previously constrained by alternative fund structures.
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