Equity Research - Hedge Funds

Crisil


Date: 18 hours ago
City: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Contract type: Full time

We are seeking a highly motivated Equity Research Analyst to support our investment team in identifying, analyzing, and monitoring public equity investment opportunities. The ideal candidate will be intellectually curious, detail-oriented, and passionate about fundamental research. This role will be critical in delivering insights that inform our portfolio decisions across sectors and geographies.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Conduct bottom-up, fundamental research on publicly traded companies across sectors and regions.
  • Analyze company financials, earnings reports, industry trends, competitive positioning, amongst others
  • Perform primary research including expert interviews, conference calls and management calls.
  • Prepare end-to-end reports covering Industry overview, management details, etc.
  • Track news, macroeconomic indicators, and events impacting portfolio holdings and coverage universe.
  • Maintain organized research materials, databases, and documentation in internal systems.
  • Exposure to contributing to sell-side earnings reports/ Initiation reports or forming opinions from sell-side earnings reports is preferred.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related field; MBA or CFA preferred.
  • 3-5 years of experience in equity research (buy side/sell side), investment banking, or private equity.
  • Strong understanding of financial statements, modeling, and valuation techniques (DCF, comparables, etc.).
  • Excellent analytical, critical thinking, and communication skills.
  • Strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data services (CapIQ, Alphasense etc.).
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.
  • Deep curiosity about businesses, markets, and investment dynamics.

 

Preferred Qualities:

  • Wide sector expertise is a plus; ability to understand base functionality of different industries
  • Prior buy-side experience or hedge fund exposure is strongly preferred.
  • Self-starter mentality with a rigorous attention to detail and a high level of intellectual integrity.

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