K2 Advisors
Mike Firgeleski's work experience includes serving as the Managing Director and Associate General Counsel at K2 Advisors since October 2007. Prior to that, they worked as an Associate General Counsel at HSBC Securities from August 2006 to October 2007. Mike started their career as an Associate at K&L Gates in 2001 and worked there until 2006.
Mike Firgeleski completed their Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan from 1993 to 1997. Mike then attended the Full Stack Squad from 1999 to 2000, although they did not obtain a degree from there. Finally, they pursued their Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree at The George Washington University Law School from 2000 to 2002.
K2 Advisors
Since inception, K2 Advisors (“K2”) as an enterprise has focused solely on the business of hedge fund investing. From a small organization with less than US$10 million in assets under management in 1994, the firm has steadily grown into one of the largest multi-billion dollar hedge fund investment advisory firms in the world. Today, K2 providesintegrated hedge fund product solutions to hundreds of sophisticated institutional and high net worth investors across the globe, including corporations, large public and union pension funds, insurance companies, foundations, and endowments.The firm’s investment philosophy is centered on a steadfast commitment to the prudent allocation of client capital – with an emphasis on rigorous and sophisticated risk management programs – while seeking to generate steady asymmetric returns in various economic environments. K2 uses a wide range of hedge fund strategies that exhibit lower volatility and correlation to the broad capital markets to achieve investment objectives. Products offered include discretionary and non-discretionary custom-tailored investment programs, commingled funds of hedge funds, and hedge fund investment advisory services.