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How Man Group uses AI
Man Group uses large language models across research and support functions. Its quant unit Man Numeric runs AlphaGPT, an agentic system that proposes, codes and backtests trading signals for human review. Staff use the internal ManGPT portal, and since February 2026 the firm has worked with Anthropic to put Claude into investment, distribution and HR processes.
Deployments, newest first
| Date | What | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | On Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast, CTO Gary Collier and Head of Data and AI Tushara Fernando described how the firm uses AI to process unstructured data and support quant researchers, and how AI use spread to finance, operations and HR. | Bloomberg (Odd Lots) |
| 2026-02-11 | Man Group announced a partnership with Anthropic to use Claude, including Claude Skills and Claude Code, with Anthropic engineers, across investment processes, distribution, HR and tools such as AlphaGPT. | Man Group |
| 2025-07 | Man Numeric began using AlphaGPT, an internally built agentic AI system that mines data, formulates trading signals, writes the code and backtests them, with human checkpoints before live use. | Hedgeweek (reporting Bloomberg) |
| 2023-07 | Man Group built ManGPT, an internal portal that gives staff controlled access to OpenAI's GPT model for idea generation, information management and summarisation. | Hedgeweek (reporting Financial News) |
Reported results
- Senior portfolio manager Ziang Fang said AlphaGPT had produced several dozen signals approved for live trading, according to Bloomberg reporting cited by Hedgeweek in July 2025. Source
- CTO Gary Collier said the firm's token consumption had risen 86 times since January 2026. Source
- On the same podcast, the firm said about 15 to 20 trading models ideated by AI agents had passed validation and been approved by a human investment committee for live trading. Source
- eFinancialCareers reported that Man Group had built more than 100 AI plugins before its Anthropic deal. Source
Tamarly Research conclusion
Man Group lets AI take part in investment research more directly than most asset managers: AlphaGPT proposes, codes and tests trading signals, and the firm says 15 to 20 models ideated by AI agents have passed validation and been approved by a human investment committee for live trading. Human checkpoints remain before any signal goes live. The Anthropic partnership and an 86-fold rise in token use since January 2026 show AI spreading from research into distribution, finance and HR.
Melvine Manchau, Tamarly Research
Disclosure: Man Group's AI partner Anthropic also makes Claude, the model used to compile the facts on this page.
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