Andrew Laurino

Andrew Laurino
Credit Suisse

When top hedge fund managers need advice, they often turn to Andrew Laurino and the seven-person hedge fund strategy group at Credit Suisse in New York. Formed in 2008, the group advises managers on everything from long-term financing to portfolio restructuring and new fund launches.

Recently, Laurino, 35, started a consulting initiative for hedge fund clients designed to help managers think through what they need to have in place to be a truly institutional organization with staying power. Dealing with the often oversize egos of some successful hedge fund executives takes diplomacy, a skill Laurino honed studying for his MS in foreign service at Georgetown University. He was a founding member of the hedge fund coverage group at Lehman Brothers in 2006. That group — headed by Erin Callan, who would later recruit Laurino to Credit Suisse — broke new ground in hedge fund financing, including Citadel’s landmark bond offering.

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Joshua Fink	Enso Capital Management
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Erez Kalir	Sabretooth Capital Management
Katie Kalvoda	Newport Wealth Management
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Gary Lehrman	Lombard Odier Investment Managers
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Greg Lippmann	LibreMax Capital
J. Jason Mitchell	GLG Partners
Gaurav Patankar	Lockheed Martin Investment Management Co.
Craig Perry	Sabretooth Capital Management
Scott Pittman	Mount Sinai Medical Center
Gregory Racz	Hutchin Hill Capital
Angela Samfilippo	Pine River Capital Management
Jill Schurtz	Robeco-Sage Capital Management
Jonathan Shafter	Boston Provident
Steven Simmons	Maxim Group
Scott Sinclair	Cascabel Management
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