> TIRELLI & PARTNERS: BEST EXCLUSIVE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY CONSULTANCY ITALY 2020
Tirelli & Partners’ property book reads like the setlist of modern fairy tales: a Roman penthouse with a two-tiered terrace, a Tuscan villa complete with vineyard and winery, a Sardinian resort with stables, paddocks and riding school… Tirelli & Partners provides high-quality, high-touch care and customised consultancy and intermediary services for exclusive residential and commercial properties. Clients have praised Tirelli for its professionalism, assistance and advice, from conception and product-planning to marketing and commercial initiatives. As a globally
certified B Corporation and an Italian Benefit Company, Tirelli & Partners aspires to more than profit margins. The B-Corp designation refers to 3,200 companies — in over 150 sectors and 70 countries — that have pledged to follow a “non-extractive” business model that safeguards the environment and provides shared benefits for all. Italy became the first European country (and the second country worldwide) to legally define the objectives of a Benefit Company, insisting that positive social and environmental impacts be integrated into
business models. After a year-long certification process, Tirelli & Partners underscores its commitment to positive change, and hopes to inspire imitation. In 2019, it established the non-profit Cambia Mente (Changing Mindsets) Association to pursue, promote and propagate the benefits of responsible capitalism. The CFI. co judging panel believes in this new reality of shared prosperity and progress, and declares Tirelli & Partners as the 2020 winner of the Best Exclusive Residential Property Consultancy (Italy) award.
> PANTHERA SOLUTIONS: MOST INNOVATIVE BOUTIQUE ASSET ALLOCATION CONSULTANCY EUROPE 2019
Panthera Solutions is a Monaco-based enterprise advancing the global field of Applied Behavioural Finance. It operates as a think-tank, laboratory and solutions provider to optimise the investment-decision architecture. Through the Panthera Academy, the company offers a suite of training, coaching and consulting services to enhance investment skills through a four-step process. Intervention and application frameworks are diagnosed, adapted, implemented and practised. Panthera calls the trademarked process Intuitive Behavioural Design, and it customises interventions to the specific needs of individual clients. The company has released a cloud-based behaviour-tech SaaS (software as
a service) solution called Panthera Tree. This is designed to maximise investors’ adaptive and technical skills and minimise any reliance on luck. Despite the proliferation of buzzwords such as “agile leadership” and AI, many asset managers fail to apply modern, evidence-based learning to their operations. Panthera Solutions is an innovator which brings knowledge-based solutions to the table. Panthera dissects the investment process and, supported by detailed preliminary research and investigation, consistently achieves its overarching objective of helping finance professionals to make better decisions. Panthera unites a small but seasoned team of senior consultants, business
developers and academic advisors to elevate professional investment management to the level of artform. The CFI.co judging panel felt that Panthera Solutions has met the challenge of translating applied behavioural finance into a user-friendly programme. The company initiatives improve evidencebased investment decisions and promote transparency and good governance. Many clients have reached the same conclusion, with more than €100bn in assets under Panthera’s consultancy. The CFI.co judges are pleased to present the firm with the 2019 award for Most Innovative Boutique Asset Allocation Consultancy (Europe).
> PRIMEXIS: BEST BUSINESS ACCOUNTING & CONSULTING SERVICES FRANCE 2020
France is an attractive investment destination for multinationals looking to expand operations, and Paris-based Primexis is the firm trusted to ensure that the books are balanced and business runs smoothly. Over the past four decades, the operational consultancy and specialised accounting firm has won the confidence of clients from a cross-sector selection including industry, service, banking, insurance and real estate. The firm deploys a workforce of 300 motivated professionals to look after the needs of some the world’s biggest multinationals, including Aberdeen Standard Investments, Sony, 90
BNP Paribas, IBM, General Electric and Marriott International. The team recently settled into new digs in the freshly renovated Pacific Tower of the Parisian business district, La Défense. The 2,600 square metre office space features 185 individual and 100 collaborative workstations. The move has enhanced operational performance and employee wellbeing while underscoring Primexis’ ambitious growth. The firm builds high-quality relationships with employees and clients to support performance improvement over the long term. Primexis works with key decisionmakers from finance, accounting Information CFI.co | Capital Finance International
System and HR departments at French groups, French subsidiaries of foreign groups and midsized companies. It offers project management assistance, integration of information systems, and outsourcing services for administrative functions. Primexis has also developed sectorspecific services for real estate and banking insurance consulting. The CFI.co judging panel applauds the firm’s intent to future-proof the business by investing in human capital and tech infrastructure. The judges present Primexis with the 2020 award for Best Business Accounting & Consulting Services (France).