Sam Gervaise-Jones, CFA
Directeur principal, responsable du conseil à la clientèle pour le Royaume-Uni et l'Irlande
Sam est à la tête de la division de conseil aux clients de bfinance au Royaume-Uni et en Irlande. Il est également le conseiller indépendant du Cambridgeshire Pension Fund, nommé en 2020. Sam a rejoint bfinance en 2004 en tant qu'Associate principal dans l'équipe de recherche, se concentrant sur la sélection de gestionnaires dans un large éventail de classes d'actifs, avant de passer au conseil à la clientèle. Il a également dirigé l'expansion de la société aux États-Unis en 2016. Avant de rejoindre bfinance, Sam a passé 4 ans chez Standard & Poor's dans leur activité de notation de fonds. Sam détient la certification CFA, l'IMC et les désignations Series 7, 24, 62 et 79, en plus d'une maîtrise (Oxon) en mathématiques de l'Université d'Oxford.
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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