• Strategic Asset Allocation

    The client, a Middle Eastern insurance company, sought to refine its Shariah-compliant strategic asset allocation (SAA).

  • Designing a Shariah Global Equity Multi-manager Portfolio

    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

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  • Shariah-compliant Private Equity and Infrastructure

    The client, a Middle Eastern foundation, was looking to enhance the returns of its overall portfolio and chose Private Equity and Infrastructure Equity as suitable asset classes. The client was willing to consider all investment

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  • Shariah-compliant Global Equity

    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

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  • Shariah-compliant Public Equity

    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.

  • Shariah-compliant Saudi Equity

    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

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  • Shariah-compliant Private Income Strategies

    The client, a leading Middle Eastern asset manager, was planning to launch a new fund with the aim of providing investors with a diversified portfolio of income-generating assets.

  • Shariah-compliant Global Real Estate

    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.

  • Sharia-compliant PE Secondaries

    This Middle Eastern wealth manager sought bfinance’s assistance in building a portfolio of Shariah-compliant private equity secondaries. Although the client was intent on accessing globally focused managers with a tilt towards buyouts,

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  • Global Shariah Equity

    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

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