Highlights:I am currently pursuing CFA Charter and have already passed all three levels of the CFA Program.

Skills:Chartered Financial Analyst, Financial Analysis, Business Analysis, Data Analytics, Relationship Management, Risk Management

Goal:I am an entrepreneur and a financial services professional looking forward to building a career at one of Fortune 500 companies.

Membership:CFA Institute

Certification:Passed all three levels of the CFA Program and may be awarded the charter upon completion of the required work experience.

Honor:Awarded Scholarship for Level 2 & 3 exam of the CFA Program.

Global Research Analyst 01/2016 - 12/2016
HBL Pakistan, Karachi, Sindh Pakistan
Industry: Capital Markets
Served as a Global Research Analyst providing buy-side equity research to the Equity Investment Committee (EIC) for securities' approval to be included in the bank's investment portfolio.
• Conducting regular screening, research, and information gathering to build up data on potential investments and to provide detailed research material for investment planning • Preparing financial models for investment advisory purposes to the Equity Investment Committee • Using and interpreting the quantitative results through Microsoft PowerPoint presentations to gauge the attractiveness of the target audience (mainly trading desks) • Actively tracking the international crude oil market, with particular focus on WTI, Brent and Arab Light, through ongoing updates published by EIA, IEA, Baker Hughes, OPEC, as well as American Petroleum Institute (API) • Cherry picking 2nd and 3rd tier stocks and giving recommendations for equity investment purposes • Preparing monthly ALCO presentation on global and domestic economic outlook • Preparing daily Morning Briefings for internal treasury usage, aimed at providing daily updates to all trading desks in the treasury department about changes in market trends/news information/major price movements, if any • Conducting technical and fundamental analysis of major trading currencies using Bloomberg Terminal, while carrying extensive economic research to give relevant updates to the FX desk • Actively covering listed entities on the PSX-100 in sectors including Automobile and Steel • Engaged in soft coverage of PSX-100 listed companies in sectors including Cement, Power, Gas Distribution, as well as Oil Refineries • Preparing Previews, Reviews, Stock-Specific Reports, Investment Updates, IPOs, as well as Strategy for PSX • Using Bloomberg Terminal to extract fundamentals of companies, information on prevailing market trends, tracking price movements, gauging consensus overviews, as well as key macroeconomic data--
Business Analyst 02/2015 - 06/2015
ENGRO FERTILIZERS LIMITED, Karachi, Sindh Pakistan
Industry: Manufacturing
Served as a Business Analyst highlighting deficiencies in the company's operations and providing strategy to streamline its operations, enabling the company to align with its industrial peer, in term of its performance.
• Analyzed capital structure of major players in the fertilizer industry of Pakistan, through ratio analysis, graphs, and trend analysis • Formulated conclusions and recommendations for EFERT to follow in the future, aligned with the future macroeconomic external outlook, as well as fully incorporating firm-specific constraints in the foreseeable future--
Junior Financial Analyst 06/2014 - 08/2014
QINEQT PK (PVT.) LTD, Karachi, Sindh Pakistan
Industry: Independent Investment Research
Worked as a Junior Financial Analyst, helping the lead analysts in generating sell-side reports, as well as independently publishing daily news articles for their US based website, 'BIDNESS ETC'.
• Analyzed the technology sector of the S&P 500 for Qineqt’s flagship product, www.bidnessetc.com • Researched and reported on major cloud computing technology providers, as well as mobile internet companies, located in US and the rest of the world • Generated published reports tuned for the average retail investor • Gained an in-depth understanding about the company and industry • Developed familiarity with financial statements, financial models, sell-side reports, industry and macro data • Regularly reported relevant news and updates related to the sector under coverage • Gained familiarity with using the Bloomberg Terminal • News articles on US equities ranked “A” by Google Finance Relevance--

Institute of Business Administration 06/2011 - 06/2015
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Finance
Minor:Marketing
Graduated with a CGPA of 3.51 on a 4.0 scale.

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