Investcorp’s Hedge Fund Business Adds Gregory LaFiura as Principal
Investcorp’s hedge funds business appointed Gregory LaFiura as a Principal in the Manager Research Team with a focus on long/short equity strategies.
In
this role, 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.
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. says: "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, 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. 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: HedgeWeek
