Man Group shares rise 4% as inflows beat forecasts; Peel Hunt reiterates 'buy'

What Brokers Say Finance Written by: Ephrem Joseph 03:30 Fri 16 Oct 2026 --> Disclaimer No investment advice About this content Editorial Standards & Policies Share article About this content × About Ephrem Joseph Ephrem began his journalistic journey at Proactive in June 2021. With a strong academic background in Information Technology, his expertise particularly lies in the field of Cyber Security, Management Information Systems and Computer Forensics. Before joining Proactive, Ephrem worked as a researcher and lecturer at a number of leading universities, including the University of Portsmouth's Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, the University of Winchester’s Institute of Policing, and Jain... Read more About the publisher Proactive financial news and online broadcast teams provide fast, accessible, informative and actionable business and finance news content to a global investment audience. All our content is produced independently by our experienced and qualified teams of news journalists. Proactive news team spans the world’s key finance and investing hubs with bureaus and studios in London, New York, Toronto, Vancouver, Sydney and Perth. We are experts in medium and small-cap markets, we also keep our community up to date with blue-chip companies, commodities and broader investment stories. This is content that excites and engages motivated private investors. The team delivers news and unique insights across the market including but not confined to: biotech and pharma, mining and natural resources, battery metals, oil and gas, crypto and emerging digital and EV technologies. Use of technology Proactive has always been a forward looking and enthusiastic technology adopter. Our human content creators are equipped with many decades of valuable expertise and experience. The team also has access to and use technologies to assist and enhance workflows. Proactive will on occasion use automation and software tools, including generative AI. Nevertheless, all content published by Proactive is edited and authored by humans, in line with best practice in regard to content production and search engine optimisation. Man Group PLC ( LSE:EMG ) View Price & Profile Man Group shares rise 4% as inflows beat forecasts; Peel Hunt reiterates 'buy' Published: 03:30 16 Oct 2026 EDT Man Group PLC (LSE:EMG) shares rose as much as 4% to an intraday high of 348.8p on Friday after the investment manager reported net inflows well ahead of market expectations. Peel Hunt reiterated its 'buy' recommendation and 350p price target, describing the latest figures as another strong set of results and highlighting momentum in performance fees. Net inflows of $10.1 billion were more than 2.5 times consensus expectations of US$3.8 billion, while assets under management of US$270.9 billion were around 3% ahead of forecasts. Long-only strategies accounted for about 80% of inflows at $8.2 billion, while alternative strategies attracted a further $1.9 billion. Investment performance added $5.9 billion, with Peel Hunt noting that alternative strategies were comfortably ahead of hedge fund indices and every long-only strategy had outperformed its benchmark so far this year. At the end of June, $53 billion of assets eligible for performance fees were at or above their high-water marks, the highest level in at least a decade, which the broker said should support a strong second half for performance fees. Peel Hunt added that Man Group trades on around 9.2 times forecast earnings, which it believes undervalues the strength of the current operating momentum. Continue reading