Investing for the future
Investing for the future – the Oxford-Man Institute
Our phenomenal success over the past few years has been built on our pioneering edge in the fields of quantitative and qualitative research. One of the key ways we aim to sustain this edge is through our exciting collaboration – the Oxford Man Institute of Quantitative Finance.
In partnership with the University of Oxford, we have established a new interdisciplinary centre, independent of Man and run by Oxford University academics, for the study of quantitative finance with a particular focus on alternative investments.
Our role is to provide the premises, the funding and practitioner input, with the intention of creating the world’s leading interdisciplinary academic research Institute in quantitative finance, drawing academics and researchers from various faculties from across the University.
What are the benefits for Man?
Recruitment: Our raised profile within Oxford allows us to seek out and attract the brightest and best.
Research and insight: We have immediate access to leading edge research in quantitative finance and alternative investments (the Institute presents to the Man Research Laboratory on their research activities every three months), plus access to renowned researchers from around the world. These two aspects alone increase our chances to develop new profitable alternative investment and quantitative trading strategies.
Influence: Oxford intends to create the leading Institute of its kind in the world, shaping the next generation of quantitative and qualitative research. We will be right at the heart of their thinking.
Intellectual property: We have first option on any intellectual property generated by the Institute.
Employee development: This is a very exciting area. Our links with the Institute enable our employees to work with leading academics on cutting-edge research projects, and to sit in on MBA and MSc modules from courses from across the University.
Profile: We can publish papers citing affiliation with the Oxford-Man Institute.
How does Oxford University benefit?
We want the Institute to come up with big ideas in quantitative finance, and not just undertake incremental research. To this end we have guaranteed Oxford’s academic freedom, independence and the right to publish because successful institutions have to have this principle enshrined in their foundation. These guarantees mean that the Institute has the right to pursue curiosity-driven research in quantitative finance. Only in this way will the Institute be able to generate the next big ideas.
There are three main benefits for Oxford University:
- Funding: Man’s initial commitment to the centre is for £13.75 million. This represents significant funding for Oxford, their third highest donation in any field in recent history and an order of magnitude increase in the funding of quantitative finance research.
- Premises: We are providing a physical home for interdisciplinary research into Quantitative Finance.
- Access to Man’s practitioners: We are providing access to the practitioners at Man to help with the Institute’s research.
University of St Gallen
We also fund a chair in ‘Finance with focus on Alternative Investments’ at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland. The primary objective is the strengthening of education and research in the areas of alternative Investments. To this end, the sponsored chair will be responsible for:
- Teaching courses on alternative investments and other topics in finance at all levels of the university education.
- Supervising theses of Bachelor, Master, and PhD students.
- Conducting research in alternative investments and other areas in finance, and publishing in international academic and practitioners’ journals.
- Heading and developing a competence centre in alternative investments at the Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance of the University of St.Gallen.
- Maintaining strong ties with the financial industry for the purpose of knowledge transfer, education, and research collaboration.
Oxford and Cambridge scholarships
We offer a number of scholarships to Oxford and Cambridge University students at undergraduate, MBA, DPhil and PhD level. These scholarships embrace a range of disciplines, including Computer Science, Economics and Management, Engineering (Chemical and Manufacturing), Materials Science, Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences.
For further information on these scholarships please contact the University Directly.
London Business School
We are also corporate sponsor of the London Business School, enabling us to benefit from a strong on-campus relationship with the students and full access to a wide variety of research and library materials.
