Karan Gandhi CFA, Investment Associate

Karan Gandhi CFA

Investment Associate

Ysquared Investments LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
11 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 6 Months

Investment Associate at Ysquared Investments LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since June 2018

• Assisted Portfolio manager in analysis and review of Investment transactions across Middle East and Africa.
• Monitored portfolio investments by overseeing investee operations and identifying key business issues.
• Liaised with the investee’s accounting, marketing, HR, and legal team to solve business challenges and operational roadblocks.
• Constructed and monitored financial models to evaluate performance under various operating scenarios.
• Conducted due diligence and documentation requirements for deals and transactions.
• Prepared deal presentations, proposals, and investment memoranda used for Investment decision making.
• Prepared quarterly performance newsletters for the investors of the company.

Credit Analyst at RAKBank
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2017 to May 2018

• Assisted in the management of a $250M+ diversified loan portfolio spread across various sectors covering Manufacturing, Servicing, Wholesale, Retail, Construction, FMCG, and Hospitality.
• Assisted in working capital structuring of bank’s portfolio by assessing Business Risk, Financial Risk, Market Risk, Management Risk, Security Risk, SWOT analysis, Account performance, Financial Spreadsheet, and Balance Sheet of the company.
• Analysed lending portfolio for account conduct, compliance, industry risk, limit utilization, watch listed/downgraded accounts, cheque returns, document deferrals, past dues and collections, adherence to covenants stated in proposals.
• Monitored the internal product-level performance, process efficiencies, and TAT management for management decision-making. 


Equity Analyst at Babuntu Asset Management Consultancy
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2015 to August 2016

Babuntu is a private family-owned investment fund focused on trading US equities and Commodities.
• Support consultants by researching on US equities and specific industry groups.
• Develop custom order management techniques using an algorithmic execution platform.
• Analysed disruptive trends in various business models to identify low-risk high reward opportunities for asset management clients.
• Actively placed long/short equity trades on personal brokerage account in line with research findings.
• Able to use technical charting tools like Stochastic, MACD, RSI Index, and SMAs.

Business Development Executive at First Gulf Bank (Now First Abu Dhabi Bank)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2012 to April 2015

• Core duties involved pitching banks' premium products to existing clients over telephonic engagements.
• Actively prospect existing clients to invest in FGB’s Quick Cash and Balance Transfer products.
• Closed over $10 million worth of business spread over 400 clients in the span of 3 years.
• Communicated with more than 1, 000+ FGB clients over 3 years at FGB.

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at CFA
  • June 2017
Bachelor's degree, Accountancy and Finance
  • at Heriot-Watt University
  • September 2012

courses: CFA Level I, Level II, and Level III Cleared (1st Attempt) Dec 2015 - Jun 2017 CFA Institute

Specialties & Skills

Asset Management
Investment Management
Consulting
Venture Capital
Private Equity
Financial Modelling
Analytical Skills
Valuations
Investments
Microsoft Excel
Private Equity
Venture Capital

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

CFA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2017