
Julien Barral
Directeur principal, Marchés non cotés
Julien est directeur principal au sein de l'équipe Marchés non cotés, spécialisé dans le capital-investissement et l'immobilier. Avant de revenir chez bfinance en novembre 2020, Julien était Managing Director de GS Invest, une boutique d'investissement en actifs réels basée à Londres. Dans ce rôle, il était responsable de la planification stratégique, de l'évaluation et de la mise en œuvre des opportunités commerciales. Julien a également géré et coordonné les activités quotidiennes et était responsable de la mise en œuvre de la stratégie commerciale à long terme. Avant de rejoindre GS Invest, il a passé 11 ans chez bfinance, notamment en tant qu’expert senior en recherche actions et responsable de l'équipe d'analystes. Il a également travaillé chez Fortis Banque Monaco. Julien est titulaire d'une licence en mathématiques appliquées de l'Université de Sophia Antipolis – Nice et d'un Master en Finance de l'Edhec Business School.
Market intelligence:

Manager Intelligence and Market Trends - February 2025
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...

Impact Private Debt: DNA of a Manager Search
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...

Four Family Office Trends to Watch in 2025
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Time to Press for Better Fees in Private Markets?
A new survey of more than 300 investors (Global Asset Owner Survey, November 2024) indicates that more than 40% believe ‘like-for-like’ fees for Private Equity managers have decreased in the past...

Global Asset Owner Survey: Risk and Resilience
A secular macroeconomic transition has created an unenviable series of choices—and potential traps— for pension funds, insurers, endowments, foundations, family offices and other ‘asset owners’...

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...

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...