Analyst - Research - Indian Banking Sector

Job Description:

- Performed financial analysis and developed models to generate long term client recommendations on stocks

- Worked on Indian banking sector earnings estimate and developed valuation on major IPOs

- Generated Valuation recommendation reports for major IPOs in 2014 as per client requirements

- Successfully developed a VBA program in Excel to generate hedging strategy on Nifty Futures and Options trading

- Developed various financial models for investing across asset classes such as equity and commodity

- Developed strong working knowledge of leading equity wire and database Cogencis.

- Part of the Government Bond Index group, supporting one of the top three investment banks for fixed income research and strategy. Performing valuation analytics and research for the local currency government bonds based on color from the trading desk and preparation of research reports.

- Leading a team of two analysts on the Local Currency treasury bonds team. Responsible for performance management, secondary and final reviews, training on macroeconomic strategies and timely delivery of ad hoc projects

- Analyzing interest rate expectations based on macro economic developments and their effects on the bond prices. Developing ad hoc bond analytic models for clients for a holistic interpretation of the bond portfolios.

- Bond pricing analysis and justification for EMEA and Latin American countries which entails trader price checks, price verification from third party sources and giving market commentary in the form of a daily snapshot based on the market color from the trading desk.

- Monthly deliverables include index maintenance and portfolio rebalancing which the client publishes, detailed reporting of the economic trends affecting treasury prices and publishing reports.

- Performing ad-hoc special analysis for the clients in response to market events, new treasury issues and interest rate decisions by central banks