The investor, a European public pension fund, was keen to conduct a review of their international equity portfolio, which included a roster of external active and passive managers.

A Middle-Eastern financial institution was seeking to create a new public equities product for its clients with a multi-manager, Shariah-compliant approach. The objective was to design a multi-manager portfolio and provide an

A Canadian pension plan was seeking to refine its approach to investing in global equities. After initial review (with bfinance) revealed both known and unknown biases, priorities included: the regional segmentation of the portfolio,

This investor was making their first allocation to global small-cap equities and willing to consider any investment approach (systematic or discretionary) and any style, with a preference for an unconstrained investment mindset rather

The client, a large government-linked investor in South East Asia, was seeking to restructure its exposure to global emerging markets (EM) equities. With its EM equity portfolio entirely invested in passive funds, the client was

The client, a prominent Middle Eastern asset manager, was seeking to invest in Shariah-compliant global and broad regional equity strategies—irrespective of investment style—to play a satellite role within its newly launched global

The client, a large Middle Eastern financial institution, was seeking to build a Shariah-compliant global multi-asset class fund with the listed equity sleeve managed by a diversified roster of external fund managers.

The client, a Middle Eastern financial institution, was seeking managers with proven experience investing in Shariah-compliant Saudi equities, necessitating fairly strict requirements on minimum track record (>5 years) and assets under

This investor, an Asian financial institution, recognized that it had a material underweight to Real Estate and wanted to look at appointing a top-tier manager or managers to assist in the diversification of its exposure.

This investor sought to switch from passive strategies towards active management, with the primary driver being the inability to meet their ESG-related objectives through passive strategies.

This client, an Australian superannuation fund, was making its first dedicated allocation to small-cap stocks in emerging markets (EM). The mandate was intended to serve as a high alpha component of the pension fund’s overall equity

The client, an Australian superannuation fund, engaged bfinance to identify high-alpha global small-cap equity strategies to complement its existing roster of large- and all-cap managers investing globally across developed and emerging

The client, an Italian pension fund, was looking to make an inaugural equity investment in an impact equity strategy or a thematic equity strategy focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

The client, a US-based wealth manager, had decided to terminate an existing relationship with an asset management firm due to the departure of a key portfolio manager. The international equity mandate, worth USD50 million, had been

The client, UK private pension fund, was recalibrating its approach to value investing given its view that ‘deep value’ had become too cyclical and volatile, with technological disruption and innovation across many industries

The client, a Dutch private pension fund, was reorganizing and consolidating its equity allocation, moving from a mix of active and enhanced index exposures to a fully passive equity portfolio. The management team was making this shift

A Pension Fund in the Benelux region sought a pan-European equity manager for a EUR 55 million mandate that spanned both EU and non-EU equity markets. ESG was the driving force behind this search: the manager being replaced had been

A financial institution in South East Asia was seeking to restructure its equity portfolio to improve diversification and resilience, which included re-orienting the portfolio from domestic to international stocks. As part of this

A UK-based, globally known insurance brand hired bfinance to identify a global equity manager with a clear “quality” focus. The investor held three external managers in its global equity portfolio, split into three distinct style

This Nordic Family Office sought to identify a minimum of two active global emerging market equity managers, explicitly incorporating ESG considerations, and invest US$280 million split equally.