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Managed Futures "Founder" Man Group Further Executes On Diversification Strategy

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Considered one of the “founding firms” in commodity trading and managed futures, Man Group diversifies strategies further following difficult times for trend following

Man Group, the world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund, is further moving away from its managed futures, quantitative investing roots and diversifying its strategy set through the purchase of the investment management business of NewSmith.  The move follows a consistent pattern of purchases by Man Group, each adding a unique strategy component to the firm's traditionally momentum-based investment offerings.

Managed Futures "Founder" Man Group Further Executes On Diversification Strategy
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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

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