Ep 42 - Man Group CIO Greg Bond on AI adoption, multi-strategy and more at the world's largest listed hedge fund manager

Get 360-degree insights and agenda-setting research into hedge funds and multi-strategy with AFI membership. Email [email protected] for corporate discounts.Follow the latest developments via our LinkedIn page. Sign up to free AFI bulletins. Get a free weekly multi-strategy update.In this episode, Will interviews Man Group's Greg Bond in his first interview since promotion to CIO at the $193.3bn firm. Topics by timestamp:1:45 - Introduction to Greg, his career background and new role.2:33 - His take on volatility of the last few months and the role of alternatives in that environment.3:32 - Importance of Solutions offering, rise of multi-strategy in the sector.5:11 - Customisation trend continues apace.7:45 - How he sees multi-strategy concept, rise of new approaches.10:14 - Role of technology at Man Group, areas of innovation.12:53 - How can AI be used to unlock more opportunities.14:35 - Including on the operational side, now just in alpha generation.15:59 - Position of hedge funds, more in vogue now rates higher and liquidity key.17:55 - Other key edges for Man Group.19:34 - Sports and investments world crossover, data-driven decision-making, his “Moneyball” experience with Boston Red Sox.22:00 - What’s next for Man Group?*Not investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns*Headline partnerThis podcast is brought to you in association with Citco, the leading asset servicer with over $2 trillion of assets under administration (AUA) and the top hedge fund administrator according to the AFI 500 research ranking. Citco acts as a true partner to its clients, dedicated to developing rich long-term relationships through gold standard services and industry leading technology. Head to Citco.com for more information. Episode partnerThis podcast is brought to you in association with Altaira Strategic Partners, which partners with emerging and established asset managers to provide a state-of-the-art institutional operating environment. Their cutting edge approach helps managers to bring their products and ideas to the marketplace with speed, efficiency and the latest innovations. Its heritage goes back to TIG which has been providing institutional back and middle office services to fund managers since 1980. Meet the team in Mayfair at the AFI Acceleration Summit on 1 October and AFI Innovation Summit on 13 November, and visit altairastrat.com for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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