BUZZ-Man Group: Citi upgrade lends support
** World's biggest listed hedge fund Man Group (LSE: EMG.L - news) 's shares up 0.2 pct after Citi hikes rating on co to "buy", PT to 137p
** Citi says co is able to deploy capital succesfully, also points into improving fund performance, FX benefit
** Stock top of the Stoxx 600, one of just three in the blue, as European equity markets are punished amid a global sell-off
** Low-beta stocks generally holding up better in the gloom
** Man Group outperforming a 2 pct drop in the Stoxx 600 Financial Services Index (venkateshasoumithri.mamidipudi.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)