ALFI Seminar on Hedge Funds and Liquid Alternatives

Matt Humphries leads Preqin’s EMEA hedge fund research team which is responsible for maintaining data quality and growing its hedge fund dataset for users of the online product, Preqin Pro. Matt started in the research team as an associate, building relationships with many key hedge fund managers in the space before developing into a more senior member of the team. In this senior role, Matt was heavily involved in client presentations, leading data growth projects, recruitment & training, product testing and market analysis before taking a management position in February 2021.  Preqin builds key relationships with fund managers and investors as well as use available online sources to ensure the quality of its ever-growing datasets. Globally across hedge funds, Preqin Pro tracks 6,900+ active hedge fund managers, 17,500+ active fund profiles and 6,800+ investor profiles with key metrics such as performance, benchmarks, AUMs, fund terms, future investor allocations and many more. This data is vital in helping institutions make informed allocation decisions as well as for creating inciteful industry reports across the alternative assets space. Before Preqin, Matt acquired a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of Northampton.