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Ruben Mutsaers
Director, Portfolio Solutions
Ruben is responsible for the development, maintenance and delivery of bfinance’s investment risk services and support to clients. He joined bfinance in 2015 as research analyst involved across public and private markets manager selection projects. Ruben completed his MSc in Quantitative Finance in Econometrics and Operational Research from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, where he attained his BSc in Econometrics and Operational Research from Erasmus University too.
More insights from the team:
Transaction Cost Analysis: Has Transparency Really Improved?
Transaction cost analysis (TCA) awareness is on the rise, with equity and bond investors increasingly recognising trading as a key area of leakage.
Asset Owner Survey: Investors’ Costs and Fees
Investors are grappling with cost management challenges amid persistent inflation, heightened ESG requirements and regulatory burdens. To find out more, bfinance surveyed nearly 200 asset owners in...
Small Cap Equities: Time for Targeted Exposure?
Following a fundamental shift in macroeconomic conditions, we weigh up the attractions of small cap equities in an era of lower economic growth and elevated inflation and revisit the case for...
Equities and Inflation: Old Problems, New Lessons
During 2021-22, the results produced by active equity managers have been heavily influenced by the extent to which their portfolios have been ‘geared in’ to recent inflationary dynamics. Yet those...
FTX Debacle Highlights Key Points for Investor Due Diligence
BlackRock, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and Sequoia Capital are among the named investors of FTX — the Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange whose collapse has made headlines across the financial...
Defensive Equities and Market Downturns
Through historic market downturns, defensive long-only equity strategies have shown a consistent ability to protect investor capital. Yet recent experiences have prompted questions around...
Portfolio Protection and Overlays: Time for a Rethink?
Following the considerable market losses endured in the first half of 2022, investors are taking the opportunity to weigh their own results and reassess resilience. Portfolio diversification,...
Are Your Asset Managers Equipped to Face Today’s Cyber Threats?
The profoundly altered work environment ushered in by COVID-19 has created new avenues for cyber-attacks—including collaboration tools, videoconferencing solutions, devices and cloud-based...
