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David Ness
Directeur prinicpal
David est directeur principal et consultant client pour bfinance US. Avec plus de 20 ans d'expérience dans la gestion d'investissements et les services financiers, il apporte une richesse d'expérience au poste de consultant client chez bfinance.
Avant de rejoindre l'équipe de bfinance, il a lancé la ligne commerciale institutionnelle pour Crescent Grove Advisors, où il a également été membre des comités Portefeuille Modèle et Investissements. David a occupé plusieurs fonctions d'investissement au sein de BMO Global Asset Management et de M&I Investment Management Corp. Chez BMO/M&I, il a occupé les postes de gestionnaire de portefeuille institutionnel, d'analyste financier et de trésorier intérimaire des fonds Marshall. David a commencé sa carrière chez Waterhouse Securities, où il a occupé des fonctions de consultant et de conseiller en investissement.
David est titulaire d'un MBA de l'université de Marquette et d'un diplôme de premier cycle en économie de l'université du Wisconsin - Green Bay. David est membre de la CFA Society of Milwaukee.
Market intelligence:
Private credit and the asset allocation challenge
Increasingly, asset allocation models are treating Private Credit as a strategic asset class with its own clearly defined profile, rather than an implementation solution within a fixed income or...
bfinance Platform: real assets, UK open-ended property funds in five charts
M&A activity, such as the recent news of the combination of the Columbia Threadneedle and PATRIZIA UK property funds fits a neat narrative.
Manager Intelligence and Market Trends - August 2026
bfinance's quarterly report for August 2026: read the team's latest insights on institutional investor activity, risk appetite, market developments and asset manager performance across all major...
Investor Spotlight: PGB - can impact investing become the default setting for private markets portfolios?
While many asset owners continue to debate the role of impact investing, Pensioenfonds PGB has already made its choice. The Dutch pension fund has decided that new private markets investments should...
Investor Spotlight: KWAP - navigating technological shifts in quant equities
Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP) is Malaysia’s public sector pension fund and a key government-linked investment institution. Over the past decade it has built a quantitative...
Semi-liquid funds: managing the structural liquidity mismatch
Redemptions from US semi-liquid private credit funds continue to dominate the headlines. Often presented in absolute terms – 'billions redeemed' – without adequate context, much of the nuance around...
Investment Management Fees: Pricing pressure in the turbulent twenties
The latest instalment in the bfinance Fee and Cost Insight series highlights recent price pressures in both private and public markets as the turbulent twenties change the competitive landscape.
Why don’t MAC strategies typically include emerging market debt?
Emerging market debt offers yields that are hard to ignore. Yet across 47 MAC strategies reviewed by bfinance, a half allocated less than 10% to it and a third less than 1%. This piece sets out...
James Harkness, P.eng
Directeur principal, Conseil aux clients
James est directeur principal chez bfinance Canada, où il se consacre au développement des affaires et aux relations avec les investisseurs institutionnels. Il possède plus de 25 ans d'expérience dans les domaines de la technologie financière, de l'analytique de données et de la gestion de placements.
Avant de se joindre à bfinance, James a occupé des postes de direction chez Altus Group, Juniper Square et MSCI, où il conseillait des clients institutionnels en matière d'analytique de la performance, d'évaluation et de solutions de données. Il a amorcé sa carrière dans les technologies et les services financiers, ayant travaillé chez Fidelity National Information Services et BMO.
James est titulaire d'un diplôme en génie mécanique et d'un MBA de l'Université Queen's.
Autres analyses de l'équipe :
Private credit and the asset allocation challenge
Increasingly, asset allocation models are treating Private Credit as a strategic asset class with its own clearly defined profile, rather than an implementation solution within a fixed income or...
bfinance Platform: real assets, UK open-ended property funds in five charts
M&A activity, such as the recent news of the combination of the Columbia Threadneedle and PATRIZIA UK property funds fits a neat narrative.
Manager Intelligence and Market Trends - August 2026
bfinance's quarterly report for August 2026: read the team's latest insights on institutional investor activity, risk appetite, market developments and asset manager performance across all major...
Investor Spotlight: PGB - can impact investing become the default setting for private markets portfolios?
While many asset owners continue to debate the role of impact investing, Pensioenfonds PGB has already made its choice. The Dutch pension fund has decided that new private markets investments should...
Investor Spotlight: KWAP - navigating technological shifts in quant equities
Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP) is Malaysia’s public sector pension fund and a key government-linked investment institution. Over the past decade it has built a quantitative...
Semi-liquid funds: managing the structural liquidity mismatch
Redemptions from US semi-liquid private credit funds continue to dominate the headlines. Often presented in absolute terms – 'billions redeemed' – without adequate context, much of the nuance around...
Investment Management Fees: Pricing pressure in the turbulent twenties
The latest instalment in the bfinance Fee and Cost Insight series highlights recent price pressures in both private and public markets as the turbulent twenties change the competitive landscape.
Why don’t MAC strategies typically include emerging market debt?
Emerging market debt offers yields that are hard to ignore. Yet across 47 MAC strategies reviewed by bfinance, a half allocated less than 10% to it and a third less than 1%. This piece sets out...
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