Shanmuganathan Nagarajan

Responsibilities:

• Performed comprehensive market research across diverse industries, specializing in the NRG sector involving metals, mining, oil, and gas.
• Utilized expertise in Woodmac, SNL, and Drilling Info databases to extract asset-specific details.
• Industry expertise and knowledge on Other industries research - Healthcare, TMT, DI, Generalist, Consumer Retail.
• Pitchbook expertise - As a quant specialist, my primary focus is on collaborating with profiles, performing screening to identify companies falling under a specific list. Alongside, getting the list of investments made by the sponsor and details about the investments.
• Identifying latest Startups and their valuation (By stage) along with investors details.
• Conducted comprehensive research and data analysis to support strategic planning and informed decision-making.
• Leveraged Dealogic M&A data for conducting analyses aligned with bankers' specifications.
• Conducted thorough data acquisition and analysis leveraging third-party resources like Statista, Frost, and IDC.
• Managed negative media investigations and analyses for corporations and board members utilizing Factiva to evaluate reputational threats.
• Developed comprehensive company profiles and guided research efforts.
• Conducted secondary research on potential clients and key individuals within those organizations.
• Recently trained in IDC (TMT) which enhances the expertise in the Tech sector namely Semiconductors, laptops, Mobile shipments, Leading tech markets - Size and share.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Monitoring the incoming jobs. Based on the query, negotiating the deadline with bankers based on the volume.
• Assigning the jobs to fellow researcher based on their industry specialisation & database expertise.
• Managed time effectively to ensure tasks were completed on schedule and deadlines were met.
• Streamlined workflow to ensure quick turnaround for urgent tasks.
• Facilitated adherence to organizational policies through routine monitoring and folder management.
• Mentored new team members to ensure adherence to company's research protocols.
• I mentored the fellow researchers who recently trained in the NRG sector to guide them on the database, educating them about data availability, and alternate ways to find the data.

Key Projects:

• Contributed to the Automation Test Team, supporting the accuracy of test results by providing actionable feedback to improve automation accuracy to 100%.
• Worked on projects including PitchBook profiles and screening, Sustainalytics, research reports, and rating reports.
• Co-originated with the Hedge Funds team to acquire new clients and expand the client base.

• Screening the upcoming / onboarding clients
• Conducting negative media news and a screening on the companies, Board officials, through Factiva
• Secondary research related to potential clients and the individuals in those firms