Joseph Larucci – Head of Equity Long/Short

Joseph has over 15 years of equity trading and fund of hedge funds investment experience. Joseph joined Aksia at its inception in October 2006 as the Head of the Equity Long/Short research team. Joseph’s team is responsible for the sourcing, strategy research, and risk management of client investments in Equity Long/Short funds. Joseph performs investment due diligence on hedge funds in the Equity Long/Short sector and manages a team of research professionals.

Prior to Aksia, Joseph was a director and head of the Equity Long/Short sector team, and a member of the Hedge Fund Investment Group Investment Committee at Credit Suisse that was responsible for over $4 billion in equity long/short allocations in North America, Europe, Asia, and the emerging markets.

Joseph began his career in 1993 at Cowen and Company as an equity trader for a portfolio management group that managed discretionary long only and long/short hedge fund equity portfolios. In January 1998, he joined the fund of hedge funds group at Donaldson Lufkin and Jenrette Asset Management (DLJAM), which was acquired by Credit Suisse in September 2000.

Joseph received a BEng in Marine (Mechanical) Engineering from the New York Maritime College in 1993.

Jim Vos
- CEO and Head of Research

Simon Fludgate
- Head of Operational Due Diligence

Manabu Washio
- Head of Aksia Asia

Valerie Benard
- Head of Aksia Europe

Bruce Ruehl
- Head of Americas Advisory

Patrick Adelsbach
- Head of Event Driven Research

Norman Kilarjian
- Head of Relative Value and Tactical Trading Research

Joseph Larucci
- Head of Equity Long/Short Research

Alex Panagiotidis
- Chief Operating Officer