INVESTMENT TEAM
THE CORE TO OUR SUCCESS IS IN OUR TEAM
The core of Lucidity's success lies in its exceptional team, led by experienced partners who have dedicated their careers to achieving excellence in the financial industry. Over the course of decades, Lucidity’s partners have continually enhanced their competitive edge by adding high-quality talent across all facets of the business.
Our leaders bring a wealth of experience as practitioners in the field, and they leverage the firm's robust technology infrastructure to develop a network of interconnected processes. These processes are designed to efficiently and, in many cases, systematically monitor quantifiable risk corridors, both at the level of individual strategies and the portfolio as a whole.
Lucidity's approach is rooted in the belief that portfolio managers should be allowed to capitalize on their unique strengths. However, these strengths are guided by well-defined constraints that collectively serve to mitigate unwanted portfolio-level risks. This approach strikes a balance between unleashing the creativity and expertise of our portfolio managers while maintaining a structured risk management framework that safeguards the interests of our investors.
At Lucidity, we recognize that our team is our greatest asset. We are dedicated to nurturing and retaining top talent, providing them with the tools, technology, and support needed to deliver superior results and sustain our commitment to excellence.
THOMAS ZUCOSKY
CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
Mr. Zucosky founded Lucidity Capital Partners in 2022. He oversees manager selection and portfolio management for the Firm’s Funds and investors.
Previously, as Founder (1997) and CIO of Discovery Capital, he created and operated the multi-strategy Separately Managed Account (SMA) business model also used by Lucidity. Over his four decades of experience in alternative investments, Tom has had several roles at firms in hedge fund strategy due diligence, including InvestorForce (Philadelphia), where, he oversaw all institutional searches for hedge funds (clients included CalPERS and Citigroup) and Strategic Investment Group (Washington, DC), where he analyzed and managed portfolios for multiple institutional clients.
In 1994 Tom partnered with fund-of-funds Olympia Capital Management (Paris), where he oversaw all US-based manager due diligence and invested with most every major hedge fund in the world.
In 1985, Tom founded Aegis Capital (NYC), a hedge fund, which specialized in program trading, dividend capture and signal-based trading strategies.
ADVISORY BOARD
KEN GRANT
RISK MANAGEMENT
Ken Grant was the former managing director of Risk at SAC Capital Advisors and Director of Risk Management at Tudo Investment Corporation. He is the Founder of General Risk Advisors, LLC. Prior to GRA, Ken founded ConceptONE (previously known as Risk Resources) a risk management outsourcing business, catering to trading/alternative investment business, which provides risk consulting, product development, capital introduction and related services to these groups. The firm has managed reporting for over 150 clients, with responsibility for hundreds of billions in capital, covering every asset and strategy class in the global capital markets. Prior to launching Risk Resources,
EDITE AGOLLI
MANAGER SOURCING
Edite Agolli is an alternative asset management professional servicing hedge fund clients and family offices. Edite has decades of hedge fund experience, having spent over a decade in risk management and then as an investment talent recruiter for midsize and large hedge fund clients across all strategies globally. She leverages her inhouse experience to conduct due diligence of emerging managers, while helping those teams present their edge for optimal success.
BRUCE LIPNICK
STRATEGIC ADVISORY
The Founder of Stage Access, the leading company in North America producing, distributing, and licensing classical arts programming across multiple platforms. Mr. Lipnick previously enjoyed a distinguished financial services career as the Founder of Asset Alliance, an alternative investment management company with more than $7 billion under management. Mr. Lipnick is a pioneer in hedge fund portfolio management, seeding 18 firms, and launched the first 40 Act mutual fund with AUM growing to $1.7 billion. Bruce served on the board of SMArtX Advisory Solutions, a leading asset management technology platform with $50 billion under management.