Melbourne-based financial services firm Lucerne Investment Partners has recruited a new portfolio manager for its fund of funds arm, Lucerne Growth. The company has hired Jerome Lander, who is perhaps best known around the market as the former chief investment officer of the $12 billion Workcover Fund. Lucerne Growth has about $50 million invested with a bunch of Australian and offshore hedge funds including Sydney-based Bronte Capital and US-based Armistice Capital.