Imperia expands to $65 million with fresh inflows

Imperia Investment Group, headed by ex-Citadel executive Simon Leversha, has scaled up its event-driven hedge fund to $65 million in assets under management, having taken in around $50 million earlier this month, including a sizeable allocation from a major global investor. The Melbourne-based firm runs the Imperia Asia Offshore Fund, which is one of Asia’s best-performing event-driven strategies. In the 12 months since its June 2010 inception, its returns were in excess of 25% af…