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