At BlackRock, Brigid Connor leads fees and terms research on Preqin’s Research Insights team. Her writing has focused on the relationship between performance and fees, the bifurcation between established and emerging managers, and power dynamics between LPs and GPs.
Brigid’s analysis has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. She has been invited to speak at conferences and events hosted by SuperReturn, CAIA, Truist, among others.
Brigid possesses over 10 years’ experience in private markets research. Her background balances quantitative and qualitive aspects of due diligence and encompasses lower-middle market transaction advisory, ongoing fee due diligence for pensions, and pre-investment due diligence on other private markets investments.
Brigid earned master’s degrees from the University of Chicago and Stanford University and holds CFA and CAIA charters.