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Oliver Wade

Oliver Wade

Associate, Investment Content

Oliver is an Associate in the Investment Content team at bfinance, where he's responsible for the firm’s content strategy and contributes to a wide range of research, thought leadership, and communications. He possesses more than eight years of experience and has held roles at various financial firms, including 7IM, NatWest, and FOW, and has written for leading publications such as Euromoney, MoneyAge and Insurance Asset Management. Oliver has a strong background in content strategy, data analysis, and market commentary, with particular expertise in translating complex investment topics for institutional audiences.

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Amanda Alcock

Amanda Alcock

Head of Human Resources

Amanda Alcock is responsible for the people agenda in her role as Head of HR, ensuring that bfinance are able to recruit and develop a team of skilled professionals in a supportive environment. Amanda has over 25 years’ experience in HR roles within financial services across both large and small organisations. Amanda has a degree in History, is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has completed the HR Guild Leadership Programme.

More insights from the team:

The growing appeal of semi-liquid private market vehicles represents a significant shift in how institutional investors approach illiquid asset classes.

The question of how to integrate private market investments into strategic asset allocation models represents one of the most significant and sensitive issues that allocators face today. This report...

Liquidity-friendly vehicles for illiquid asset classes are on the rise. In order to avoid potential pitfalls, however, it is crucial to interrogate asset managers’ approaches. As part of our...

bfinance’s quarterly report in February 2025: read the team’s latest insights on institutional investor activity, risk appetite, market developments and asset manager performance across all major...

The ‘Impact Private Debt’ sector has undergone a significant phase of expansion during the past two years. This report presents an overview of currently available strategies, while an illustrative...

‘Energy transition’ tailwinds should, it is often argued, boost the prices of particular commodities in the years ahead.

With an eye on recent difficulties in real estate portfolios, we ask: what has separated high-performing real estate managers from their weaker counterparts? And should investors consider adjusting...

Asset owners are now grappling with fundamental tensions within equity portfolio design. The runaway performance of tech titans has led to fears of market over-concentration. At the same time,...

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Head of Human Resources

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Oliver Wade

Oliver Wade

Associate, Investment Content

Oliver is an Associate in the Investment Content team at bfinance, where he's responsible for the firm’s content strategy and contributes to a wide range of research, thought leadership, and communications.

Read more
Mark Mortlock

Mark Mortlock, PG Dip DigM

Marketing Director

Mark Mortlock is Marketing Director at bfinance. Mark is responsible for all aspects of marketing across the bfinance brand, both online and offline. He has extensive experience in website development, brand management, search engine marketing, social media and automation marketing. Mark joined bfinance in 2017. Mark holds a BA (Hons) in Marketing and Communications, a Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Marketing (PG Dip DigM) from the Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing (IDM) and a Google Squared qualification in digital leadership.

More insights from the team:

The growing appeal of semi-liquid private market vehicles represents a significant shift in how institutional investors approach illiquid asset classes.

The question of how to integrate private market investments into strategic asset allocation models represents one of the most significant and sensitive issues that allocators face today. This report...

Liquidity-friendly vehicles for illiquid asset classes are on the rise. In order to avoid potential pitfalls, however, it is crucial to interrogate asset managers’ approaches. As part of our...

bfinance’s quarterly report in February 2025: read the team’s latest insights on institutional investor activity, risk appetite, market developments and asset manager performance across all major...

The ‘Impact Private Debt’ sector has undergone a significant phase of expansion during the past two years. This report presents an overview of currently available strategies, while an illustrative...

‘Energy transition’ tailwinds should, it is often argued, boost the prices of particular commodities in the years ahead.

With an eye on recent difficulties in real estate portfolios, we ask: what has separated high-performing real estate managers from their weaker counterparts? And should investors consider adjusting...

Asset owners are now grappling with fundamental tensions within equity portfolio design. The runaway performance of tech titans has led to fears of market over-concentration. At the same time,...

Benjamin Legrand

Benjamin Legrand

Senior Director, Head of Information Systems

Benjamin joined bfinance in 2005 and, as Director, Head of Information Systems, is in charge of bfinance’s IS infrastructure and development initiatives. Prior to joining bfinance, Benjamin spent 8 years as a consultant in Information Systems at PwC and at an IT service company he co-founded. As a consultant, Benjamin was involved in large IT projects for BNP Paribas, Société Générale and Archon Group (subsidiary of Goldman Sachs). He holds a Master’s Degree in Engineering from a french Grande Ecole.

More insights from the team:

The growing appeal of semi-liquid private market vehicles represents a significant shift in how institutional investors approach illiquid asset classes.

The question of how to integrate private market investments into strategic asset allocation models represents one of the most significant and sensitive issues that allocators face today. This report...

Liquidity-friendly vehicles for illiquid asset classes are on the rise. In order to avoid potential pitfalls, however, it is crucial to interrogate asset managers’ approaches. As part of our...

bfinance’s quarterly report in February 2025: read the team’s latest insights on institutional investor activity, risk appetite, market developments and asset manager performance across all major...

The ‘Impact Private Debt’ sector has undergone a significant phase of expansion during the past two years. This report presents an overview of currently available strategies, while an illustrative...

‘Energy transition’ tailwinds should, it is often argued, boost the prices of particular commodities in the years ahead.

With an eye on recent difficulties in real estate portfolios, we ask: what has separated high-performing real estate managers from their weaker counterparts? And should investors consider adjusting...

Asset owners are now grappling with fundamental tensions within equity portfolio design. The runaway performance of tech titans has led to fears of market over-concentration. At the same time,...

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