Primary Job Title Chief Executive Officer Primary Organization Laureate Digital Securities
Location Hamilton, Bermuda, North America Gender Male
Website alphainnovations.io LinkedIn View on LinkedIn
LAWRENCE NEWHOOK serves as the President & Chief Investment Officer of Alpha Innovations, where he oversees all facets of the business, including product innovation, alpha identification, and risk management. He also leads Laureate Digital Securities, a blockchain ecosystem engineered to facilitate the creation, administration and secondary
market trading of funds issued as digital securities. Mr. Newhook is a veteran investment professional with a 20+ year track record investing globally across all asset classes. He has built successful investment and hedge fund portfolios for the pension, family office, and high net worth investor communities, with a particular focus on identifying and extracting sources of alpha from both public and private markets.
Prior to launching Alpha Innovations and Laureate Digital Securities, Lawrence was a member of the management team at Point72 Asset Management LP for twelve years, where he managed the team responsible for the firm’s external investments in hedge funds, private equity, venture capital and real estate. His team was also responsible for evaluating all discretionary and quantitative PMs, analysts and traders to ensure the standard of only hiring best in class investment talent. Earlier in his career, Mr. Newhook was the Portfolio Manager of Alternative Strategies for OMERS, one of the largest Canadian pension plans, where he designed, developed, and managed its hedge fund and active currency programs. Prior to this, he traded international OTC and listed derivatives and cash markets, and helped manage global derivatives and FX portfolios for both the pension fund and large banks. Mr. Newhook holds a Masters degree in Financial Economics from the University of London and is a CFA Charterholder.
