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Aakansh Kothari

Aakansh Kothari

Financial Research Associate

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  • About me

    Ex - D.E. Shaw | Christ'21

  • Education

    • Christ Junior College

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      Class 12 Commerce 96.83%

      Stood among the top 1% of the batch.

    • Christ University, Bangalore

      2018 - 2021
      Bachelor of Commerce - BCom International Finance 9.78/10

      Rank 1 - Program TopperMeritorious Scholarship for Academic Excellence - 2019Meritorious Scholarship for Academic Excellence - 2020

  • Experience

    • The D. E. Shaw Group

      Jun 2021 - Feb 2022
      Financial Research Associate

      Responsibilities:-> Conducted fundamental research on global IPOs and Secondary Offerings, evaluating market size, peer comparisons, business valuations and issue details for the Equities trading desks in NYC, LON, HK and IN, leading to investment allocations of ~$1.5mn.-> Actioned 20+ editions of a weekly dashboard for trading desks in NYC, LON and HK that summarised the desks trading performance over the last week, month and quarter with a key focus on the performance of the allocations that the desk received for the IPOs and Secondary Offerings that they participated in.-> Sourced data for a trading system that records critical attributes of over 400 special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC) IPOs. The system is now used in production by 3 convertible arbitrage strategies and 2 Equities trading desks. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • CFA Investment Foundations

      CFA Institute

    • Equity Derivatives

      National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM)

    • Equity Sales

      National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM)

    • Mutual Funds Foundation

      National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM)