Gregory LaFiura Joins Investcorp Hedge Funds Group’s Manager Research Team
Gregory LaFiura has been appointed by Investcorp, a leading provider and manager of alternative investment products with more than $11 billion in assets under management, as a Principal in the Manager Research Team with a focus on long/short equity strategies.
In
this role, Mr. LaFiura will have primary responsibility on sourcing and
conducting due diligence on equity managers for its fund of hedge funds
and seeding platforms. He will also be responsible for evaluating
equity co-investment opportunities for its Special Opportunity
Portfolios. Mr. LaFiura will be a member of the Hedge Funds Manager
Recommendation and Investment Universe Committees.
Commenting
on the hire, Lionel Erdely, Head and Chief Investment Officer of Hedge
Funds said, “We continue to enhance our investment universe across
strategies and regions for our clients. Greg will further extend our
capabilities in conducting deep analysis of manager portfolios before
they are recommended to our investment universe. He will make important
contributions to each of our product lines.”
Before
joining Investcorp, Mr. LaFiura spent nine years at Permal Group where
he most recently served as a Portfolio Manager for its equity focused
fund of funds portfolios. Prior to that, he held roles as an Equity
Research Analyst at Douglas C. Lane & Associates and a Financial
Analyst at Goldman Sachs Group. Mr. LaFiura holds a MBA from University
of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree
in Economics and English from Lehigh University.
Source: HedgeCo.net