
Oliver Wade
Associate, Investment Content
Oliver is een Associate in het Investment Content-team bij bfinance, waar hij verantwoordelijk is voor de contentstrategie van het bedrijf en bijdraagt aan een breed scala aan onderzoek, thought leadership en communicatie. Hij heeft meer dan acht jaar ervaring en heeft functies bekleed bij verschillende financiële bedrijven, waaronder 7IM, NatWest en FOW, en heeft geschreven voor toonaangevende publicaties zoals Euromoney, MoneyAge en Insurance Asset Management. Oliver heeft een sterke achtergrond in contentstrategie, gegevensanalyse en marktcommentaar, met bijzondere expertise in het vertalen van complexe beleggingsonderwerpen voor een institutioneel publiek.
More insights from the team:

Navigating Potential Pitfalls in ‘Semi-liquid’ Private Equity
Liquidity-friendly vehicles for illiquid asset classes are on the rise. In order to avoid potential pitfalls, however, it is crucial to interrogate asset managers’ approaches. As part of our...

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.

Properties of Performance: What Has Set Real Estate Fund 'Winners' Apart?
With an eye on recent difficulties in real estate portfolios, we ask: what has separated high-performing real estate managers from their weaker counterparts? And should investors consider adjusting...

‘Enhanced Indexation’ Gains Momentum as Investors Shift Gears
Asset owners are now grappling with fundamental tensions within equity portfolio design. The runaway performance of tech titans has led to fears of market over-concentration. At the same time,...

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’...
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Benjamin Legrand
Senior Directeur, Hoofd Informatiesystemen
Benjamin trad in 2005 bij bfinance in dienst en is als Senior Director, Head of Information Systems, verantwoordelijk voor de IS-infrastructuur en de ontwikkelingsinitiatieven van bfinance. Voor hij bij bfinance kwam, werkte Benjamin 8 jaar als consultant in Informatiesystemen bij PwC en bij een IT consulting bedrijf dat hij mee oprichtte.
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Mark Mortlock, PG Dip DigM
Marketing Directeur
Mark is verantwoordelijk voor alle aspecten van marketing voor het merk bfinance, zowel online als offline. Hij heeft uitgebreide ervaring in websiteontwikkeling, merkbeheer, zoekmachinemarketing, social media en automatiseringsmarketing.
Lees meerOliver Wade
Associate, Investment Content
Oliver is een Associate in het Investment Content-team bij bfinance, waar hij verantwoordelijk is voor de contentstrategie van het bedrijf en bijdraagt aan een breed scala aan onderzoek, thought leadership en communicatie.
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Benjamin Legrand
Senior Directeur, Hoofd Informatiesystemen
Benjamin trad in 2005 bij bfinance in dienst en is als Senior Director, Head of Information Systems, verantwoordelijk voor de IS-infrastructuur en de ontwikkelingsinitiatieven van bfinance. Voor hij bij bfinance kwam, werkte Benjamin 8 jaar als consultant in Informatiesystemen bij PwC en bij een IT consulting bedrijf dat hij mee oprichtte. Als consultant was Benjamin betrokken bij grote IT-projecten voor de financiële sector (BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Goldman Sachs). Hij heeft een Master in Engineering van een Franse Grande Ecole en is gecertificeerd Scrum Master.
More insights from the team:

Navigating Potential Pitfalls in ‘Semi-liquid’ Private Equity
Liquidity-friendly vehicles for illiquid asset classes are on the rise. In order to avoid potential pitfalls, however, it is crucial to interrogate asset managers’ approaches. As part of our...

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.

Properties of Performance: What Has Set Real Estate Fund 'Winners' Apart?
With an eye on recent difficulties in real estate portfolios, we ask: what has separated high-performing real estate managers from their weaker counterparts? And should investors consider adjusting...

‘Enhanced Indexation’ Gains Momentum as Investors Shift Gears
Asset owners are now grappling with fundamental tensions within equity portfolio design. The runaway performance of tech titans has led to fears of market over-concentration. At the same time,...

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’...

Raj Nagevadia
Chief Financial Officer
Raj staat aan het hoofd van de financiële functie van bfinance en is lid van het Senior Management Team van het bedrijf, nadat hij in juni 2018 in dienst trad. Hij heeft verschillende Chief Financial Officer-functies bekleed in een carrière van meer dan dertig jaar en meerdere sectoren, waaronder technologische dienstverlening, retail, audit en energie. Voordat hij bij bfinance kwam, was Raj CFO van SecureData Europe, een bedrijf dat cyberbeveiligingsdiensten levert.
More insights from the team:

Navigating Potential Pitfalls in ‘Semi-liquid’ Private Equity
Liquidity-friendly vehicles for illiquid asset classes are on the rise. In order to avoid potential pitfalls, however, it is crucial to interrogate asset managers’ approaches. As part of our...

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.

Properties of Performance: What Has Set Real Estate Fund 'Winners' Apart?
With an eye on recent difficulties in real estate portfolios, we ask: what has separated high-performing real estate managers from their weaker counterparts? And should investors consider adjusting...

‘Enhanced Indexation’ Gains Momentum as Investors Shift Gears
Asset owners are now grappling with fundamental tensions within equity portfolio design. The runaway performance of tech titans has led to fears of market over-concentration. At the same time,...

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’...

David Vafai
Chief Executive Officer
David Vafai is oprichter en CEO van bfinance. Hij is verantwoordelijk voor het toezicht op de ontwikkeling van de groep en de samenstellende bedrijven. Voordat hij in 1999 bfinance oprichtte, werkte David bij Mercer in Toronto, Goldman Sachs International in Londen en Bertelsmann in Parijs. David heeft een BSc (Honours) in Actuariële Wetenschappen van de Western University, een MBA van INSEAD, en is CFA en CAIA Charterholder.
More insights from the team:

Navigating Potential Pitfalls in ‘Semi-liquid’ Private Equity
Liquidity-friendly vehicles for illiquid asset classes are on the rise. In order to avoid potential pitfalls, however, it is crucial to interrogate asset managers’ approaches. As part of our...

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.

Properties of Performance: What Has Set Real Estate Fund 'Winners' Apart?
With an eye on recent difficulties in real estate portfolios, we ask: what has separated high-performing real estate managers from their weaker counterparts? And should investors consider adjusting...

‘Enhanced Indexation’ Gains Momentum as Investors Shift Gears
Asset owners are now grappling with fundamental tensions within equity portfolio design. The runaway performance of tech titans has led to fears of market over-concentration. At the same time,...

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’...