Bi-Sam creates tools for the management of assets

key Player in the market of asset management, the company Bi-Sam created by Christophe Volard, Xavier Chaudé, and Alexandre Harkous exports its software to measure performance and reporting in Europe and North America. It aims to conquer the asian market.

In thirteen years, the company Bi-Sam (Business Intelligence Solutions for Asset Management), created by Christophe Volard, Xavier Chaudé etAlexandre Harkous, has become a key player in the market of asset management (data management, performance measurement etreporting). Their proprietary system (B-One has already attracted big names of the financial management such as HSBC, JP Morgan, BNPParibas or Natixis. Bi-Sam was born in Compiègne, france, in 2000, to quickly settle in Paris, and then open offices dansp several countries. "The business of finance is an international occupation, our clients are located in the City of London, Switzerland, àHongkong, in the United States," said Alexandre Harkous, officer and co-founder. London is the first market where we tried our luck, we had to find the first client and to capitalise on the success of a project," he says. For the boss of Bi-Sam, the internationally successful first pass through a good knowledge of the market to find its first customer and gain his trust. It is necessary, according to him, be proven to be patient. A strategy that has paid dividends in each of the countries, including the United States, as of 2008, when, in the midst of a crisis, Alexandre Harkous has decided to make a bet on the return of the growth. Successful bet, since the american market, which today represents more than 50 % of the global market, alone explains the strong growth of the turnover to the export of Bi-Sam in 2012.

Become a leader in cross-Atlantic

"Our activity has exploded across the Atlantic, and our ambition now is to become leader on this market, with good products, good team and good process", explains the CEO. This is an ambitious strategy that also relies on an external growth, Alexandre Harkous, claiming to want to "capture" in order to consolidate the positions of Bi-Sam, and to develop new services and tools. The company also has the intention to grow in Asia thanks to the presence of associated with hong Kong, Singapore and Australia.

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Location : Paris (75)

Activity : software to performance attribution and reporting

Turnover 2012 : 15.3 million euros

international : 78,62 %