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John Ahern
Directeur, Marchés non cotés
John a d'abord rejoint bfinance en 2019 en tant qu'analyste couvrant une variété de classes d'actifs des marchés cotés et non cotés avant de rejoindre l'équipe des marchés non cotés en 2020, intervenant principalement sur la sélection de gérants en actifs réels (dette et capital). En 2021, John a rejoint l'équipe immobilière de StepStone Group, couvrant la recherche et sélection de gérants en immobilier européen (dette et capital), ainsi que les investissements immobiliers directs. John a rejoint de nouveau bfinance fin 2022 et couvre la recherche et sélection de gérants en actifs réels, sous forme de dette ou de capital. John est titulaire d'un master spécialisé en gestion d'actifs de l'University College Cork et d'un MBA de la Dublin Business School.
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...
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.
Infographic: private capital and German ‘place-based investing’
Governments are seeking to turn investors' attention closer to home in pursuit of resilience – Germany is at the forefront of efforts to redirect private capital.
bfinance poll: investors gain edge in private market fees
Disappointing distributions, weak returns and a softer fundraising climate now appear to be putting real pricing power in investors’ hands. That is a key finding of the bfinance Private Market Fees...
Secondaries under scrutiny: layer cake or traffic jam?
Private market secondaries are booming – but are they creating a welcome 'layer cake' of liquidity solutions, or a 'traffic jam' that postpones real exits? We explored this question in bfinance's...
