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Olivier Cassin
Managing Director, Head of Investments and Research
Olivier Cassin is Head of Investments and Research, where he leads the firm’s research department. He rejoined bfinance in 2023, having previously worked at the firm from 2000 to 2014. Before coming back to the firm he held senior roles at BNY Mellon, where he managed the UK and European Institutional Sales team and more recently Client Solutions, and at Lyxor Asset Management as Head of UK Institutional Sales. Olivier has worked in the financial services industry since 1994. He holds an MBA from Aston Business School and an MSc in Management from Kedge/Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Bordeaux.
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