Man Group post overall gains as assets under management grow
(Alliance News) - Man Group PLC reported improved net inflows and higher assets under management in the third quarter of 2026, supported by investment performance and inflows into its long-only and alternative strategies.
The London-based alternative investment management firm said assets under management at September 30 totalled USD270.9 billion, up 6.8% from USD253.6 billion at June 30 and up 27% from USD213.9 billion a year earlier.
Net inflows totalled USD10.1 billion in the third quarter, up 4.1% from USD9.7 billion a year earlier.
Long-only accounted for USD8.2 billion of net inflows, down 23% from USD10.7 billion a year before, while alternative accounted for GBP1.9 billion, swinging from a loss of GBP1.0 billion.
Positive investment performance added USD5.9 billion to assets under management, down 41% from USD10.0 billion a year earlier. Other movements contributed a further USD1.3 billion in the third quarter, up 44% from GBP900 million.
Long-only assets under management increased 7.4% to USD153.8 billion at September 30 from USD143.1 billion at June 30. Alternative assets under management rose 5.9% to USD117.1 billion from USD110.5 billion.
Within long-only equity, investment performance contributed USD3.3 billion during the quarter, while long-only credit recorded negative investment performance of USD0.4 billion.
Among Man Group's liquid alternative assets, Man Liquid Alpha returned 11%, down from 13.% and AHL Evolution returned 9.6%. Man Alpha Select Alternative posted a loss of 5.4%, down from a positive 3.8%.
Of its long-only equity Man Japan CoreAlpha Equity returned 12.2%, falling from 26%, while Numeric Core Group posted a negative return of 0.7%, swinging from 11%.
Shares in Man Group were up 1.0% at 339.80 pence per share on Friday morning in London.
By Niall Holden, Alliance News reporter
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