Man Group said it had successfully registered with the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) as a private securities investment fund manager and received a Private Securities Investment Fund Manager (PFM) license.
The PFM license has been granted to Man Investment Management (Shanghai) Co, Ltd, a Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise (WFOE) incorporated in Huangpu District, Shanghai, it said.
"We strongly believe that there has been a growing appetite from the Chinese institutional investment community for the products we will offer under the new license," Man Group Chief Executive Luke Ellis said.
(Reporting by Simon Jessop)