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.
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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
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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.