Formerly known as Global Research & Risk Solutions
Our global engagement with a leading asset manager
SME-led value-add, operational flexibility and scale across front and middle office workflows
US-based asset manager (AuM: ~$750 billion)
Key requirement:
- Maintaining lean structure without compromising on talent quality
Engagement highlights:
- Scalable FTE-based model
- Access to globally distributed team across India, China, Poland, Argentina, and Colombia
- Institutional best practices for research as well as project management
- Specialized talent sourcing
Scope of work
Fixed income, private markets and equity research:
- New issuances/coverage, financial modelling, identifying investment thesis, investment committee reviews, earnings support, local market flavor, field visits, analyst/industry expert interactions, and private debt deal support
Quant, macro research and data analytics:
- Portfolio analytics, statistical models, back-testing, NLP for new factors, domain-led tech support for traditional and alt data research, Data engineering, and Data quality
Responsible investing:
- ESG scoring frameworks and commentaries; ESG due diligence/controversy assessment, and active engagement with investee companies
Impact
Benefits to the client:
- Increased coverage per analyst by 1.75x while maintaining cost efficiencies
- Highly integrated into the investment process
- Local market knowledge and language capabilities from China, Poland, and LatAm
- Brought efficiencies through process automation
- Surge coverage for key strategic initiatives such as sustainability and CLO product launch
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