Miriam Tai Joins Man As Head of US Consultant Relations

LONDON and NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Man Group, the world's leading publicly traded alternative asset management company, today announced that it has hired Miriam Tai as Head of US Consultant Relations. Ms. Tai is responsible for advising on the full range of Man's products and services to the US investment consultant community. Miriam is based in Man's New York office and reports to Raffaele Costa, Managing Director and Head of Sales for North America and Europe(1).

Ms. Tai joins Man from BlackRock where she was the Director of Global Consultant Relations and responsible for developing and managing the firm's relationships with strategic investment consultants.  Her appointment underscores Man's strategic commitment to the US institutional market as a top priority for the firm.

Following the acquisition of the US-listed GLG Partners last year, Man Group offers a comprehensive range of strategies and styles from single strategies including managed futures, equity long-short, global macro, emerging markets, credit and convertibles to both broad based and focused fund of funds. 

"Man has outstanding, risk adjusted investment performance across a full range of strategies and styles," said Costa.  "Miriam's experience and relationships will be invaluable as we continue our strategy of providing comprehensive, tailored investment solutions to investors. The consultants play a vital role in advising institutions on their asset allocation decisions and having a dedicated senior professional on board advocating for our whole platform will be extremely productive."

"The North American market is an absolute strategic priority for Man," continued Costa. "We believe that our transparent, solutions-based approach to alternatives, as well as our focus on risk management, addresses the changing needs of investors."

"I am delighted to be joining Man at this exciting point in the company's development," said Ms. Tai. "Man's highly experienced investment team and its corporate strength makes it a formidable competitor in today's fast evolving market.   Its acquisition of GLG dramatically increases the range of alpha generating strategies that are suited to institutions' investment needs. I look forward to working with the consultant community on its behalf." 

Ms. Tai has over eight years of experience in the financial services industry. She spent over five years at BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors overseeing relationships with strategic investment consultants. She began her career in the Fixed Income division of Goldman Sachs and then served as an Associate in the Structured Finance Division of Stone and Youngberg LLC. Ms. Tai received her BA from the University of Chicago and her MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. Ms. Tai is both a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analysts charterholder.

About Man

Man is a world-leading alternative investment management business. It has expertise in a wide range of liquid investment styles including managed futures, equity, credit and convertibles, emerging markets, global macro and multi-manager, combined with powerful product structuring, distribution and client service capabilities. Man's funds under management as of December 31, 2010 were $68.6 billion(2).

Man was founded in 1783. Today, Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100 Index with a market capitalization of around $8.7 billion.

Man Group is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the FTSE4Good Index. Man also supports many awards, charities and initiatives around the world, including sponsorship of the Man Booker literary prizes. Further information can be found at www.mangroupplc.com.

1. Excluding German speaking countries

2. This represents unaudited final figures both onshore and offshore products which may not be available to US investors.

SOURCE Man Group

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