Square Associates is an Asian-based consultancy with global reach. Headquartered in Singapore, we specialise in strategic and financial advisory to private and public sector corporations. We help companies in different stages of growth, early stage to late stage, in their expansion by providing insightful advisory services to the C-suite, and impactful capital raising efforts. We are sector agnostic and geography agnostic, with a strong niche in Emerging Markets.

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In charge of the credit research team covering companies Asian companies across sectors.

In charge of credit research generated on Asia-Pacific and Middle Eastern companies at DeAWM.> Coaching and coordination:- Leading the team of credit analysts in the Asia-Pac region (Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Mumbai)- Coordination role between Asia-Pac region and European & US Fixed Income teams- Reporting to the Global Head of Credit Research in Frankfurt> Credit procedures:- Committee member of the DeAWM Global Credit Committee tasked with setting up credit rating models and procedures for the global asset management platform- Enhancement of credit analysis procedures and internal credit rating models: write-up of the Asian Credit Research Handbook, inception of an Asian Bank Rating model> Credit analysis:- Bottom-up analysis of Asian issuers through quantitative and qualitative assessments for Investment Grade (IG) and High Yield (HY) issuers- Top-down recommendations for Asian credit: IG vs. HY, sector recommendations> Portfolio management:- Participation in Investment Committees- Involved in the management of the credit portion of the Asian Fixed mandates housed in SingaporeHighlights: Managerial responsibilities of a regional team of analysts integrated in a global platform, responsible for all credit research generated on APAC and ME companies

> Financial analysis of Asian corporates: Investment Grade and High Yield > Inception of an internal rating model and financial modeling tool for non-financial corporations, adopted by Singapore and Australia Fixed Income desks> Presentation and discussion of credit proposals in Investment Committees> Punctual analysis of Loans & Private Financing deals> Ad-hoc macro and strategy analysis and reports> Led the efforts of Aberdeen’s Indian Rupee corporate bonds venture> Company visits and meetings with management> Sectors covered: Energy, Basic Materials, Transport, Utilities> Participation in Investment Committees: mainly bottom-up allocationsHighlights: Assets under management: USD 6 billion.

Asian & Middle Eastern Credit (Paris, London & Singapore)- Financial analysis of Asian and Middle Eastern corporates: Investment Grade and High Yield - Presentation and discussion of credit proposals in Investment Committees, improvement of credit processes in Singapore and GCC (2-month mission in the Gulf countries: Bahrain, Dubai, Abu Dhabi)- Punctual analysis of Loans & Private Financing deals- Ad-hoc macro and strategy analysis and reports- Company visits and meetings with management- Equities analysis in view of internally launching a debt/equity hedge fund- Sectors covered: Industrials, Financials, Energy & Basic Materials, Real Estate- Participation in Investment Committees: top-down and bottom-up allocationsHighlights: Performance (Assets Under Management: USD 2.5bn)> 2009: +90bps outperformance against JACI Index> 2008: +35bps outperformance against JACI & CEMBI IndexAsian Equities (Hong Kong) & Emerging Equities (Boston)- Fundamental equity analysis: DCF, SOTP, multiples and comparables analysis- Sectors analysis: industry dynamics and overall sector assessment- Sectors covered: industrials, real estate, technology, commodities- Countries covered: : Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe- Participation in Investment Committees: stock selection and sector allocationHighlights: Assets Under Management: USD 3.5bnJunior Portfolio manager - Management of an Absolute Return fund (UCITS III) with 4 other Investment Associates for 2 years- Top-down asset allocation style, across all asset classes and regions- Benchmark = EONIA + 3%, target volatility = 6% Highlights: Performance (Assets Under Management: EUR 10m): > 2007: +307bps outperformance against EONIA, Information ratio 0.93

> Financial Institutions audit : accounts certification of major Banks, Investment Funds (Conventional and Hedge funds: Irish, Luxembourg, French, Jersey funds…) and Asset Management firms> Large Corporates audit : accounts certification of large automobile and construction groups> Special missions: performance measuring, evaluation and improvement missions of Financial Institutions (Banks, Asset Management firms, Investment Funds)Highlights: Improvement of accounting and analytical skills