Man Group plc provides alternative investment products and solutions, and broking services worldwide. The company offers asset management services, including access to hedge funds, leveraged finance and convertible bonds, and other asset classes for private and institutional investors, pension funds, and financial institutions. It distributes guaranteed products, fund of hedge funds, and open-ended products in its hedge fund asset class through a network of distributors, such as banks, securities brokers, and discretionary investment managers in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the United States, Australia, Japan, Canada, the Middle East, Hong Kong, Singapore, Uruguay, and the Bahamas. Man Group plc also acts as a broker of futures, options, and other equity derivatives for institutional and private clients, as well as an intermediary in the metals, energy, and foreign exchange markets. The company was founded in 1994. It was formerly known as E D & F Man Group plc and changed its name to Man Group plc in 2000. Man Group plc is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.