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Amir Saleem
Senior Director
Amir is a Senior Director at bfinance and leads work with our clients in the Middle East & South East Asia. He joined bfinance in 2015 initially working closely with both the CEO and Global Head of Client Consulting on a range of strategic initiatives. Prior to this, Amir was Head of Investor Relations for Institutional Investor’s Sovereign Investor Institute, working with senior officials and investment heads from sovereign wealth funds, state pension/social security funds and central bank reserve managers globally, covering a wide range of investment management, strategic and governance issues. Amir graduated from University College London (UCL) with a BSc in Economics.
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Private credit and the asset allocation challenge
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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...
