LGIM Blog – Matt Soffair, Research Manager, Real Assets

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Matt is Senior Research Manager within the Private Markets team, specialising in the retail, leisure and hotel sectors.

Matt is responsible for market research, influencing strategic operational initiatives and guiding investment strategy in the retail, leisure and hotel sectors, while also being responsible for research into key thematic areas, including transition risk, operational research and emerging alternatives sectors.

Matt joined L&G’s Asset Management division in 2018, having spent over seven years at specialist retail and leisure consultancy, CACI, where he held the title of Managing Consultant and was Head of Leisure consultancy.

At CACI, Matt worked with over 45 retail and leisure operators to inform their property and customer acquisition strategies.

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