Karnika Singh

Hard working individual with excellent problem solving, research, and communication skills having 9 years of experience in the industry looking to secure an investment research position with a renowned firm.

• Published four articles on key financial themes on current employer’s website.
• Three promotions at workplace within a span of six years.
• First Rank Holder of MBA Finance Christ University, Bangalore.
• Scholarship holder in graduation for academic performance.
• Gold medalist in High School and Intermediate.
• Was selected as a member of team for meeting with Swiss Consul General of Swiss Embassy.

• Worked with both sell side and buy side clients. Currently working with a Wall Street Analyst in covering MedTech sector with over 11 stocks under coverage. The project includes building financial models, writing coverage reports, covering earnings, and industry/stock flash notes.
• Recent work engagement includes supporting a fund with its investments in India under IT, Healthcare, Chemicals, and Pharma space. Assignments included attending conference meetings; preparing reports assessing business, and management quality (track record); covering earning release; and preparing SOTP models.
• Worked with a handful of GCC clients and the assignments included initial coverage of various companies in the Banking, FMCG, IT, Telecom and healthcare sectors in Middle East and U.S region. Built and maintained financial models and coverage reports based on Residual Income, DCF, Relative valuation method for a sell-side client.
• Made comprehensive and detailed equity reports for adhoc coverage initiations. Also worked on brief executive summaries and investment reports as per the client’s requirement.
• Carried out assignments for assessing the client’s fund performance. Built and maintained a database which analyzed the fund’s and its constituents’ returns with the help of interactive charts.
• Worked on periodical reports which included market review and performance of the benchmark indices of the GCC region on weekly and monthly basis.
• Carried out industrial analysis and prepared a detailed thematics for sectors like Healthcare, Agriculture, Real Estate.
• Written comprehensive credit memos for a renowned GCC based bank which enabled the stakeholders to make better investment decisions.
• Conducted in-depth covenant testing to understand the cash flow and the performance of various covenants under stressful/adverse market conditions.
• Helped in index reconstruction for a global stock exchange using various quantitative methods based on the investability weight of the companies in US market.

• Currently assisting a Wall Street analyst in covering the U.S. MedTech sector.
• Assisting the portfolio manager of a HK based firm with investment ideas in India.
• Worked with some prominent GCC based banks on assignments covering both equity and debt aspects with minimal supervision. Received positive feedback on multiple occasions.
• Responsible for assessing team’s performance and responsible for quality check for the assignments.
• Weekly calls and presentations to the client for discussing the various issues.
• Maintaining work tracker for the team.
• Updating the team for any new changes in the work process.

• Date of Birth: 01/26/89
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married