Associate Director, Investment Research
CurrentAs Associate Director, Investment Research, I am extending overall support to Investment Portfolio Managers in identifying new investment opportunities and conducting thematic research, due diligence, and comprehensive financial analysis to spot & assess potential ideas; Providing comprehensive research support including Industry and company analysis, financial modelling, sector/industry/country review, business and customer intelligence using alternative data insights and other custom research… Show more As Associate Director, Investment Research, I am extending overall support to Investment Portfolio Managers in identifying new investment opportunities and conducting thematic research, due diligence, and comprehensive financial analysis to spot & assess potential ideas; Providing comprehensive research support including Industry and company analysis, financial modelling, sector/industry/country review, business and customer intelligence using alternative data insights and other custom research work. While leading an 7-member TMT research specialist team, I am exploring investment trends, generating new investment ideas and conducting detailed forward-looking research projects. Assessing key market and technological developments. I am also playing a key role in Stakeholder management. Working closely with business leaders to fully understand the investment strategy and outlook across the range of Equity products and managing all stakeholders’ expectations. Maintaining a regular dialogue with external industry analysts and Investee’s management group (CXO group) on operational performance and growth strategies to scout new investment ideas; Liaising with other functional departments across FIL to drive cross-divisional projects; Leading many strategic initiatives to achieve better performance on our global products; Conducting knowledge sharing sessions for internal and cross-functional teams to drive investment team priorities. Seeding new alternative research data capability that helps in generating early Investment insights to achieve alpha in the investment performance and match the flexibility of Hedge funds; facilitating the implementation of sustainable investment practices and deep ESG analysis into the Fidelity Research process. Thought-Leader for Investment data intelligence-related topics. Show less