Frans Verhaar, CFA, CAIA, FRM, FDP
Directeur principal
Frans est un membre senior de l'équipe de conseil à la clientèle de bfinance, basée à Amsterdam. Il a rejoint bfinance en 2007, d'abord en tant que membre de l'équipe de recherche basée à Londres où il travaillait sur la sélection des gestionnaires, puis il a évolué vers la gestion des relations en 2009 en se concentrant sur les clients institutionnels néerlandais et belges. Frans a rejoint bfinance après avoir travaillé chez ING à La Haye depuis 2001, notamment au sein du département Fixed Income and Corporate Treasury, où il gérait les risques de liquidité, de change et de taux d'intérêt pour ING Insurance Holding. Auparavant, Frans a travaillé comme gestionnaire de portefeuille pour des clients institutionnels chez ING Investment Management. Frans est titulaire des certifications CFA, CAIA, FRM et FDP et d'un MScBA de l'Université Erasmus de Rotterdam.
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
Conventional hedge fund classifications, as taught by bodies such as the CFA Institute and CAIA, are based on asset managers’ investment techniques, processes and instruments: equity hedge,...
Seeking Diversity from Investment Managers
Diversity (or the lack of) has been a hot topic across the asset management industry for decades. However, a growing number of investors are seeking managers who encourage and display high levels of...
Energy Transition and the Commodity Investment Conundrum
‘Energy transition’ tailwinds should, it is often argued, boost the prices of particular commodities in the years ahead.
Investors Should Re-evaluate Fees in the ‘Turbulent Twenties’
In a new macroeconomic environment, cost management requires fresh attention from investors. Inflation and higher-for-longer rates have created upward pressure on expenses in a variety of areas,...
Investor Spotlight: AIMCo CIO Goes for ‘Game-changing’ Business Transformation
A major shift is underway at Alberta Investment Management Corporation. The provincially-owned investment manager has commenced a comprehensive overhaul of systems that will support ‘total portfolio...
Global Sukuk: Sector in Brief
The Global Sukuk market has evolved significantly in recent years, as investors search for new and innovative routes to positive returns while navigating a landscape riddled with economic and...