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Les Marton
Managing Director
Les supervise l'activité canadienne de bfinance et travaille avec maintes de nos relations clients clés au Canada. Avant de rejoindre bfinance en 2017, Les a travaillé dans les services financiers pendant plus de 30 ans et dans la gestion d'actifs pendant plus de deux décennies. Il a occupé un certain nombre de rôles de haut niveau à la Banque Scotia (Managing director, responsable Cap Intro et du conseil en matière de fonds de couvertureHedge Funds, responsable du Global Alternative Asset Group) et à Scotia Capital (Managing director). Il a commencé sa carrière à la Banque Royale du Canada et à RBC Capital Markets. Les est titulaire d'un MBA de l'Université York et d'un baccalauréat ès arts de l'Université de Toronto, Trinity College.
Market intelligence:
Diagnosis: Opportunity? Direct Lending in Healthcare
Private debt investors are eyeing apparently superior returns in healthcare lending, with funds’ net IRR targets suggesting a premium of more than 300bps versus conventional direct lending...
Manager Intelligence and Market Trends - November 2024
bfinance’s quarterly report in November 2024: read the team’s latest insights on institutional investor activity, risk appetite, market developments and asset manager performance across all major...
Forget Hedge Fund Strategy Labels – Here Are Three Groups that Matter
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Energy Transition and the Commodity Investment Conundrum
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Investors Should Re-evaluate Fees in the ‘Turbulent Twenties’
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Investor Spotlight: AIMCo CIO Goes for ‘Game-changing’ Business Transformation
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Global Sukuk: Sector in Brief
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