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Formerly known as Global Research & Risk Solutions

  • Crisil Integral IQ
  • Asset Manager
January 03, 2025 Content Type Case study

SME-led value-add across asset classes and workflows

January 03, 2025 Content Type Case study

 

 

 

Crisil team works as an extension of the client’s own team across research, quant, data analytics, sustainability, and middle office workflows

 

 

US-based asset manager (AuM $700 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 

 

Crisil GR&RS key workstreams

 

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

 

Sales and marketing, RFP, and domain-led operations

 

  • RFIs/DDQs, fund analytics and marketing material, fund commentaries, automation-driven efficiencies within CFO workstreams such as expense processing and reconciliation

Crisil 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 capability given geographically diverse team
  • Quick ramp-up on key initiatives such as sustainable investing and CLO
  • Brought efficiencies through process automation for the CFO workstream
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