Published: September 7, 2014
Bahraini firm hires cross-asset strategist for hedge funds business.
Investcorp, a Bahrain-headquartered investment firm, has hired Rebecca Hellerstein as a cross-asset strategist in its New York-based hedge funds business.
Hellerstein will oversee research in cross-asset and alternative risk factors. She will be a member of the firm's Hedge Funds Strategic Outlook and Investment Committees and will report to Lionel Erdely, chief investment officer of hedge funds.
She joins Investcorp from JP Morgan Asset Management, where she was a global strategist in the multi-asset division. Prior to that, she spent nine years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, most recently as a senior economist.