7 Questions for John Rowsell of Man Investments
| Sep 27th, 2009 | Filed under: Featured Post, Today's Post | By: Alpha Male |
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By: Andrew Saunders, AllAboutAlpha.com Editorial Board.
This summer, Man Investments, one of the world’s largest alpha hunters announced a strategic reorganization of its hedge fund investment business. Long associated with systematic trading – AHL was launched way back in 1987 – Man has built a significant fund of funds (FoF) business, with the acquisition of Glenwood investments in 2000 and RMF Investment in 2002 making it one of the largest global investors in hedge funds through FoFs, seed investment and managed accounts.
Earlier this year, Man announced the consolidation of these well-known FOF franchises into one business, Man Investments. Spearheading the transition is John Rowsell, Managing Director who has leadership responsibilities over all business functions. We sought out John to see what drove the reorganization, his views on how a hedge fund investment business should be structured in this new era as well as gather his views on the managed account phenomenon where Man has been an early leader.
John has experience as both an allocator and manager. In the past, he served as CEO of Glenwood, Chief Investment Officer of Man Glenwood, Chairman of the Investment and Management Committees and also managed an internal hedge fund at McKinsey & Company.
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