Anthony Maniscalco is a Managing Director of the Hedge Fund Solutions Group and part of the senior leadership team for Blackstone Strategic Capital Holdings. 

Prior to joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Maniscalco worked at Barclays and its predecessor Lehman Brothers.  Mr. Maniscalco joined Lehman Brothers’ Financial Institutions Group in January 2008 where he served as the primary advisor to hedge funds and other alternative asset managers regarding strategic and capital raising matters.  Prior to joining the Financial Institutions Group, Mr. Maniscalco was a member of Lehman Brother’s London-based Leveraged Finance Group, Head of the Communications and Media vertical within Leveraged Finance and Head of Communications and Media High-Yield and Leveraged Loan Capital Markets.  From 1992 through 1999, Mr. Maniscalco worked at Bank of America, and its predecessor Continental Bank, in Chicago where he specialized in high-yield, mezzanine, syndicated bank loans and interim financing products. 

Mr. Maniscalco received an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.A. from Indiana University.