Kanika Singh Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

• Deliverable: Roadmap for the client to strengthen management capacity to create a thriving green space & partner with NYC Parks to manage Morningside Park
• Responsibility to research all publicly available License Agreements with NYC and analyze the process, conditions for success and challenges
• Curated a list of crucial stakeholders across the spectrum (NYC Parks to Conservancies) for intensive interviews to identify best practices for the client to emulate
• Identified four case studies to serve as models for the client including sole responsibility for that of Riverside Park Conservancy
• Faculty Lead: Prof Kizzy Charles-Guzman, Executive Director, NYC Mayor’s Office of Sustainability

New York, New York, United States

• Deliverable: Water stewardship strategy for newly formed Municipal Corporation of Manesar, India
• Responsibility to research and identify feasible financing solutions for the technical proposals within shifting constraints
• Presented client with immediately available multilateral financing and connections with donor to initiate dialogue
• Proposed multiple long-term innovative and low-burden capital market financing pathways for the municipality which would also create leadership role in environmental stewardship
• "Averting Day Zero" Report & Zoom presentation to senior officials in India
• Faculty Lead: Prof Upmanu Lall, Director, Columbia Water Center

New York City

• Responsible for economic analysis and investment recommendations for Asia, reporting to CIO with $2bn AUM
• Curated trips to the region to meet with C-suite, policy advisors and senior officials
• Continuous assessment of risks and profits of all recommended investments (equities, fixed income, and foreign exchange)
• Generated double-digit returns during the month of the Chinese devaluation (Aug 2015)

New York

• Developed and managed emerging market investment effort at $7bn AUM fund with a direct reporting line to the CIOs
• Created the research effort to generate profitable emerging markets investment strategies for the Chief Information Officers & Portfolio Managers in NYC, London, Geneva & HK worth $7bn AUM
• Developed a proprietary project-oriented, collaborative, and cross-sectoral approach to prioritize resource allocation to drive impactful investment recommendations
• Led real-time evaluation of fast-moving financial conditions for continual risk assessment to ensure returns on investments
• Key thematic investing trends identified including China’s deflationary implications for the world and the collapse of crude oil prices on policy in Asia
• Pioneered a frontier African markets portfolio with double-digit returns and successful exit despite the global financial crisis

New York

• Invested in Asian markets for $500mn AUM fund, building a track record of result driven research
• Independent and detailed analysis identifying evolving economic trends and translating them into equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange investments
• Customized trips to the region to build policy and C-suite partnerships for the fund
• Clear communication of economic view and rationale underlying key investments to clients

Singapore

• Transition to trading desk environment to provide real-time, rapid recommendations to traders and clients based on live economic and financial news
• Trading and investment recommendation associate for clients in Europe

London & Singapore

• Client-facing research and analysis through the fast-paced Asian Financial Crisis
• Developed real-time briefings on currency moves and policy announcements
• Responsible for daily clear and succinct client communication of Asian time events, analysis and investment recommendations before financial markets opened in Europe
• Created the first Asian Real Effective Exchange Rate model to forecast currency valuation and investment entry points
• Authored research circulated at the highest policy levels including the Prime Minister's Office in Singapore and central banks in Korea & HK
• Media face of the firm (Bloomberg, CNN, BBC, and Reuters) for investment implications of the crisis

Master Of Science - Ms, Columbia Climate School | The Earth Institute, Sustainability Management

Projects: • Created sustainable clean energy project & education tie-in, tackling Zambia’s rural policy failures • Reduced energy waste &.

Master Of Science, Economics

Development Economics

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics

Education record

Education record