Matt Dearth

Matt Dearth is the founder of TRQ Advisors where he helps clients capture incremental investment performance. Combining experience in systematic asset management and strategy consulting, TRQ delivers insight and practical solutions to important issues in investment management. Current work is focused on developing scalable, systematic equity products for the Wealth Management/EAM markets in Asia. Previously TRQ completed product development assignments for a global asset manager and a leading family office, in both cases combining novel data sources with creative analytics and attribution analysis to deliver alpha-focused equity products. TRQ also operated an electronic "best ideas"-sharing platform, demonstrating how to capture investable ideas from emerging hedge fund managers.

In addition to his work at TRQ, Matt has acted as an Advisor and Board Member to growth companies and non-profits in the US and Singapore. He serves as Senior Buy-Side Advisor for SG/HK-based BlueFire AI, transforming financial markets through applied AI, and as a Senior Consultant to Essentia Analytics where he helps Asian-based investors improve their investment performance by making better, data-driven decisions.

Before founding TRQ in 2013, Matt was a member of the investment team and Head of Broker Relations at Marshall Wace North America LP, the US arm of multi-billion dollar fund manager Marshall Wace. As one of the founding employees in 2004, Matt helped introduce their proprietary investment strategy to the Americas. He was responsible for sourcing and vetting institutional salespeople to participate in a “best ideas”-driven investment process, managing the performance measurement and incentives system for brokers, championing the development of internal and external technology solutions, and presenting to investing clients and prospects.

Prior to Marshall Wace, Matt spent two years at McLagan Partners, a boutique financial services consultancy, launching a pay and performance benchmarking platform. Previously he worked in the Equities Division of Goldman Sachs as head of the Business Analysis and Strategy team. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Matt was a Senior Associate at strategy consulting firm Booz Allen & Hamilton, and a commercial lines product analyst for Great American Insurance Co.

Matt received a Bachelors of Science in Engineering (Civil Engineering & Operations Research) from Princeton University in 1992 and a Master’s of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1996. He is currently a PhD (General Management) candidate at Singapore Management University.

Based in Singapore, Matt is an avid (though not fast) distance runner, enjoys wine tasting with friends, and speaks nearly fluent Spanish.