
Julien Barral
Senior Director, Mercati privati
Julien è un Senior Director del team Private Markets, specializzato in Private Equity e Real Estate. Prima di tornare in bfinance nel novembre 2020, Julien è stato un membro esecutivo di GS Invest, una boutique di investimenti immobiliari con sede a Londra. In questo ruolo era responsabile della pianificazione strategica, della valutazione e dell'implementazione delle opportunità commerciali. Julien ha inoltre gestito e coordinato le attività quotidiane ed è stato responsabile dell'attuazione della strategia aziendale.
Prima di entrare in GS Invest, ha trascorso 11 anni in bfinance, ricoprendo ruoli come ricercatore senior di gestori equity e responsabile del team di analisti. Ha lavorato anche presso Fortis Banque Monaco. Julien ha conseguito una laurea di primo livello in matematica applicata presso l'Università Sophia Antipolis - Nizza, un master in finanza presso la Edhec Business School ed è stato coautore di numerosi articoli sugli Smart Beta.
Ulteriori approfondimenti dal team:

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

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...