Matthew Griffiths, CFA

Matthew Griffiths, CFA

Seasoned financial services professional with extensive experience of the hedge fund industry. Matthew has served in senior management positions in hedge fund and fund of funds firms. He has a strong track record of launching and growing businesses. Matthew was a Portfolio Manager and Global Advisory Committee member at fund of hedge funds giant Financial Risk Management (FRM), and Managing Partner (Head of Risk) at macro hedge fund Loegria Capital LLP.​

  • Managed hedge fund portfolios with over $1.5b assets under management
  • Launched 15+ funds in Guernsey and Cayman
  • Launched a daily liquidity managed account on a funds derivatives platform
  • Researched and selected fund service providers: prime broker, administrator, custodian, legal counsel, auditors
  • Onboarded service providers, troubleshooting teething problems
  • Managed the production of the legal documentation ‘bible’ for fund launches including offering docs, major contracts and service level agreements; negotiated terms and oversaw the correct implementation by lawyers
  • Negotiated term sheets for structured fund derivatives
  • Served as a director for several offshore funds, including the launch process and subsequent governance; implemented best-practice governance
  • Designed and implemented risk management processes: position limits, VaR, DV01, beta, delta, gamma, vega. Designed real-time and daily monitoring reports. Implemented process in real time.
  • Designed and implemented operational processes: trade capture, reconciliation, daily NAV process, monthly NAV sign off, fee calculations, FX hedging
  • Managed solvent orderly wind-down of trading portfolio and fund management business with minimal client losses
  • Oversaw significant in-house and outsourced IT development projects