Joseph Burns

Joseph is a Managing Director and Head of Hedge Fund Research focused on the identification, selection and due diligence of hedge funds. Before joining iCapital, Joseph was Chief Operating Officer at TCS Capital Management, a global equity hedge fund where he focused on portfolio construction, risk management, and business development.

Previously, he was Co-CIO at Pulse Capital Partners, a seeding and accelerating asset management firm offering custom portfolio solutions for institutional clients. He also worked at Ivy Asset Management, a subsidiary company of Bank of New York Mellon Corp., where he served as portfolio manager and head of global research in New York and London. Prior to Ivy, Joseph was a portfolio analyst at Soros Fund Management, where he evaluated external fund managers, and managed a European family office portfolio of alternative assets that included venture capital, private equity, and hedge funds. Joseph holds a BA in Political Science from Manhattanville College and an MBA from Fordham University.