
Hedge Fund Man Group Cuts Jobs, Elevates Greg Bond to New CIO Role
The world's biggest publicly listed hedge fund firm told staff in a memo on Thursday that Greg Bond, chief executive officer of Man Numeric, head of Americas, will become the new chief investment officer for the group in a newly created role.

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