The Man Group can trace its origins back to 1783 when James Man first established a sugar broking business in the City of London. The Group operated as a traditional partnership for over two hundred years and was engaged mainly in the agricultural markets of sugar, coffee and cocoa.

In October 1994 the Group floated a stock issue on the London Stock Exchange (stock code EMG). In March 2000, the Group sold its original agricultural products businesses so that today it is a focused financial services group, comprising a specialist fund manager called Man Investments and an international broker called MF Global.

Man Investments is a leading global provider of alternative asset investment funds. The investment funds use systematic trading strategies across a diversified range of international markets as well as offering fund of funds products. These are sold on both an individual basis and through composite guaranteed structures.

MF Global, the Group's brokerage division, is the world's largest independent futures broker and commands a global financial presence with offices in New York, Chicago, Kansas City, London, Paris, Singapore, Taiwan, Sydney and Brisbane. The division provides agency broking and other related services to a worldwide client base, which ranges from banks, CTAs, Hedge Funds and major industrial groups to individual private clients.