Ed Robertiello, CFA

Managing Director, Hedge Funds, Russell Investments

 

Ed Robertiello is managing director of hedge funds for Russell Investments, in the alternative investments group. Based in New York, Ed is responsible for developing and implementing Russell’s hedge fund capabilities on a global scale.

 

Ed has a 20 year professional track record. His investment experience in traditional and non-traditional fund strategies covers portfolio management, asset allocation, manager research and selection, funds due diligence and operations.

 

Prior to joining Russell, Ed was a managing director of Credit Suisse’s asset management business. He was the head of private and institutional hedge fund mandates for the Americas. In this role he was responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining all aspects of the fund of hedge fund business for the Americas region. Prior to this role, Ed was global head of multi-manager portfolios heading a team of 65 investment professionals including research, portfolio management and risk management.

 

Previous to Credit Suisse, Ed held the position of senior managing director of investments and research at Asset Alliance Corp., leading hedge fund seeding opportunities, launching hedge fund products and overseeing multi-manager funds of hedge funds.

 

Previously, as a managing director in the Blackstone Group’s fund of hedge fund affiliate Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, he created and led the manager identification and selection team. Prior to joining Blackstone, Ed advised, and held various positions with, RJR Nabisco Inc., including vice president of pensions and benefit investments, where he was responsible for the investment of the company’s retirement and trust assets which included an allocation to hedge funds as early as 1994. Ed began his professional career at Becton Dickinson Co.