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Bruce Ruehl – Head of Americas Advisory
Bruce has over 25 years of financial markets experience, the last 18 of which were focused on hedge fund research, fund of hedge funds management and the management of institutional client relationships. Bruce joined Aksia’s Americas Advisory group in January 2010 as an equity Partner. Bruce advises institutional clients on hedge fund investments, focusing on advising pension funds and developing business in the Americas. Bruce oversees a team of advisory professionals who are responsible for advising Aksia’s clients and their portfolios.
Prior to Aksia, Bruce was the Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of a boutique fund of hedge funds business, Gleacher Fund Advisors, which he founded in January 2002 as a joint venture with Gleacher Partners. Bruce built the business to a peak of $800 million, with a majority of the capital coming from Fortune 100 North American corporate pension funds. Until the end of 2009, Bruce oversaw all investment activities and was primary contact for all large institutional relationships. He chaired the investment committee that combined senior staff of Gleacher Fund Advisors and Gleacher Partners, and oversaw a team of 12 individuals responsible for research, risk management, operational due diligence and compliance.
Bruce started his career in 1982 when he joined pension consultants, Rogers Casey & Barksdale as an analyst. In 1985, he moved to Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. where he was an Assistant Manager in the institutional asset management division. From 1989 to 1990, he was a Vice-President in the consulting services division of Shearson Lehman Hutton with the responsibility of representing The Boston Company. Bruce left to attend graduate school at NYU, finishing in 1991 with an M.S. in Real Estate Investment. He then joined Reliance Properties as a Principal, advising private real estate partnerships investing in bank and RTC-owned properties. In 1993, Bruce joined consultant Tremont Partners and began analyzing hedge funds. He became Research Director and in 1995, was named Chief Investment Strategist with oversight of $6 billion of client multi-manager hedge fund portfolios, one of the largest pools of hedge fund assets in the world at that time. Bruce graduated from Lafayette College in 1982 with a B.A. in Economics.