Joel M. Schwab, CFA

Joel M. Schwab is the Senior Managing Director of HFR Research, LLC (HFR). He spearheads the licensing of HFR indices for financial product usage. Mr. Schwab has devoted over two decades of his business career to improving the quality and breadth of information, research and benchmarks for the hedge fund industry.  During his career he has worked with leading allocators, hedge fund managers and asset owners across the world, on helping them achieve their goals. Prior to this, Mr. Schwab practiced law in the Corporate Department of the law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Chicago. He holds a J.D./MBA from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Schwab is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and is a CFA Charterholder.