Ishtiaq Ahmed, Lead Analyst and Consultant

Ishtiaq Ahmed

Lead Analyst and Consultant

IAEResearch

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Finance and Investment
Experience
4 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :4 years, 5 Months

Lead Analyst and Consultant at IAEResearch
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since March 2013

My Responsibilities Include:

Managing the team of three analysts and organizing the workflow along with the day to day operations
Responsible for developing complex financial models and conducting complete financial analysis
Responsible for Performing industry and sector analysis and creating research designs appropriate for certain sectors and industries
Personally developed models for cash flows projections and company valuation based on free cash flows
Responsible for Identifying the potential investment opportunities

My Achievements:

Helped make IAEResearch one of the top five equity research contributors at Seekingalpha.com
One of the few research analysts who provide deep understanding of the financial analysis process and continually inform the readers about the financial health of the companies that we cover
Identified Kodiak Oil and Gas (KOG), a Denver based energy company, as a solid pick - it gained over 27% in the following three months
I picked two small-cap stocks, China Biologic (CBPO) and Kennedy-Wilson (KW) - over the last twelve months, both these stocks have gained over 109% and 51%, respectively.
Over 650 articles published at one of the biggest equity research platforms: seekingalpha.com

Senior Research Associate at EFSinvestments
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • September 2010 to March 2013

Job Responsibilities:

Responsible for covering the BioPharma sector at the start and conducting thorough research on drug developers in special diseases area
Developed revenue and free cash flows models for Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA) and Vivus (VVUS) in the anti-obesity segment as the companies prepared to introduce their anti-obesity drugs in the market
Individually designed the research model for evaluating the dividend stability and the potential of growth in dividends for dividend paying companies
I was responsible for developing a model to analyze the debt and solvency of the company
During my time with EFSinvestments, I performed discounted cash flows analysis on Frontier Communications (FTR), Corning (GLW), and Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR) etc.

My Achievements:

Helped EFSinvestments achieve over 3, 000 followers through consistent quality equity research contribution
Successfully predicted the dividend cut by CenturyLink (CTL) after analyzing the debt, cash flows and future free cash flows of the company
Helped EFSinvestments reach the top five of the Seekingalpha.com contributors
Ensured the high-quality of equity research at EFSinvestments which gave me a promotion to the lead analyst and team leader
Individually responsible for introducing a number of research designs and models which allowed EFSinvestments to cover a number of industries and sectors

Education

Diploma, Finance and Investment
  • at CFA Institute
  • June 2012

CFA is one of the best qualifications in the field of finance and investments. I passed my CFA level II in June, 2012. Currently, I am not a CFA level III candidate.

Master's degree, Finance and Banking
  • at Lahore School of Economics
  • July 2009
Bachelor's degree, Finance
  • at Lahore School of Economics
  • July 2008

Specialties & Skills

Financial Analysis
Forecasting
Equity Research
Investment Advisory
Financial Modeling
Financial Modeling

Languages

English
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