Prabal Sidana Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, United Kingdom

Managing a team of PMs and Analysts with AuM of over EUR 2bn across three strategies - listed infrastructure, listed private equity and growth themes (information technology, cyber security, robotics and automation etc.)

London, United Kingdom

• Portfolio Manager responsible for infrastructure and real estate sectors. Sub-sectors include electricity and gas transmission and distribution, water and waste utilities, pipelines, railways, airports, toll roads, ports, satellites, communication towers, diversified social infrastructure providers, and REITs/real estate operators, with a mandate to invest globally.• Member of the investment committee, which manages AuM of EUR 1.5bn across four strategies – listed infrastructure, listed… Show more • Portfolio Manager responsible for infrastructure and real estate sectors. Sub-sectors include electricity and gas transmission and distribution, water and waste utilities, pipelines, railways, airports, toll roads, ports, satellites, communication towers, diversified social infrastructure providers, and REITs/real estate operators, with a mandate to invest globally.• Member of the investment committee, which manages AuM of EUR 1.5bn across four strategies – listed infrastructure, listed real estate, listed private equity and high yield bonds.• Investing approach is primarily value-driven bottom-up fundamental research. We do primary research by speaking with stakeholders in our portfolio companies.• Meet with management of those companies within either our watch-list, or those in which we invest, to discuss recent events and developments in the company/industry.• Emphasize discounted cash flow and multiples approach for valuation.• Benchmark performance against the S&P Global Infrastructure and the MSCI World indices.• Periodic communication of performance to clients, including active role in fund raising. Show less

London, United Kingdom

• Financial modeling and valuation of all renewable power assets held by Octopus Investments in different holding companies. • Assist the renewable energy team in processes prior to launching a fund, including preparation of final accounts, liaising with banks and communication with existing clients.

London, United Kingdom

• Generate and publish sector analysis, company initiation reports, and other company reports. Analyze daily events, comment on stocks under coverage, and prepare previews and reviews during the earning seasons.• Worked on 12 large and mid-cap company initiation reports with operations in Europe, Middle East, and the Americas, as well as with presence across the energy value chain (exploration, generation, T&D, supply). Made significant contributions to cross-sector and cross-regional… Show more • Generate and publish sector analysis, company initiation reports, and other company reports. Analyze daily events, comment on stocks under coverage, and prepare previews and reviews during the earning seasons.• Worked on 12 large and mid-cap company initiation reports with operations in Europe, Middle East, and the Americas, as well as with presence across the energy value chain (exploration, generation, T&D, supply). Made significant contributions to cross-sector and cross-regional research, published at least two thematic reports each year.• Collaborate with other sector analysts and the sales teams to perform investment analysis and manage client queries. Build financial model templates using valuation methods such as discounted cash flow, sum-of-parts, dividend discount, peer multiples, and supplement with sensitivity and scenario analysis.• Designed the sector valuation sheet, the commodities prices sheet and other sector templates that were very useful to prepare key research themes, and highly appreciated by our clients.• Manage a team of three members as they initiate coverage of stocks in Russia, HK/China and Europe. Resolve problems in modelling and help generate investment ideas for them.Key achievements• Nominated to the ‘100-club’ for 2012 – a prestigious award for 100 best performers annually – in the HSBC Global Markets division.• Awarded best performer in the quarter twice in 2012 and 2009 for exceptional performance. Rated among the top 20% of the analysts in the department each year since joining.• Our team was voted among top 10 in the prestigious Extel survey in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Show less

Bengaluru Area, India

• Work with a Product Manager and develop a portal for ICC T20 Cricket World Cup, which was to be held in September 2007.• Conduct an online survey and organize focus groups to identify features that are most popular on other cricket portals. Also, test whether our new product ideas can become popular.• Analyze data using ComScore for the most popular cricket and other sports portals, and identify features on these portals that bring maximum traffic.

New Delhi Area, India

• Designed a Management Information System for Toyota Motors. Responsible for internal audit of the company processes and financial statements.• Assist in the preparation of the semi-annual budget, and the annual financial projections.

Master'S Degree, Investments And Securities

Activities and Societies: Investment Management Club, Finance Club, Private Equity and Venture Capital Club, Movies Club, India Club

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance

Bachelor Of Arts, Economics

Education record

Education record