[9] Acadian is an active manager and relies on fields such as artificial intelligence and data science to supplement its decision making process.

[7][9][12] In 2009, Acadian laid off 8% of its workforce due to volatile market conditions related to the Financial crisis of 2007–2008.

[13] On October 15, 2014, OMAN held an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.

[14] In March 2017, Acadian partnered with Microsoft to use its Bing predicts big data technology to support its investment decision making process.

[15] However only several months later, it ended its partnership stating it had not found a way to turn social media data into useful signals for investments.