Man, E D & F

Sectors:

  • Financial services Investment management services inc investment trusts, unit trust, pension funds, etc
  • Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Sugar & molasses distribution
  • Merchanting & trade, international & inland Sugar trading & trade
  • Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Tea & coffee distribution
  • Merchanting & trade, international & inland Tea & coffee trading & trade

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Traces origins to 1783 when James Man, d1823, set up in business as a barrel maker to the sugar trade in the City of London. 1784-1970 sole supplier of rum to the Royal Navy. Diversified into sugar broking and by 1820s was a market leader in London. By 1869 his two grandsons had joined the business and were sole partners leading to its renaming as E D & F Man. Expanded its brokerage to other commodities such as tea and coffee and in 20th century gradually developed broader activities associated with commodities, such as hedging. 1965 acquired Paines & Reid, commodity brokers. 1994 floated on London Stock Exchange. Subsequently reorganised when divided into two independent businesses, Man Group Plc, financial service providers, and E D & F Man, commodity brokers. 2023 continuing as Man Group Plc, a leading international investment management business [2023]

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