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We specialize in equity, fixed income, macro, and ESG research, and provide a suite of offerings for multi-asset class fund managers, who benefit from our vast and deep experience in these asset classes.
Our team is sensitive and well-versed about the regional nuances of developed and emerging markets, LatAm, MENA, and other frontier markets. We cover all the mainstream sectors and sub-sectors under Russell 3000 index, including consumer discretionary, consumer staples, healthcare, financials, technology, communications, industrials, energy, utilities, real estate, and materials.
Our expertise in fundamental research, provides us an edge in providing clean, fundamentally accurate and reliable data to Quant fund managers, for running complex algorithms efficiently, and executing automated arbitrage trades with confidence.
Equity Research
We provide end-to-end equity research support including equity research coverage expansion, coverage maintenance/updates for earnings and corporate actions, investment idea generation, research production support, financial database and analytics solutions, and daily news updates and market wraps.
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Fixed Income and Credit Research
Our fixed income and credit research support spans across segments, including corporate credit, commercial banking risk underwriting, leverage loans, securitized credit, and public finance. We provide actionable research across investment idea generation, coverage initiation or expansion, coverage maintenance/updates for earnings.
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Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
The investors’ preference for sustainable investing is getting more formal as more and more funds have included it in its investment policies. Our Environment Social and Governance (ESG) Research support offers clients with more clarity on more sustainable investments options available in the market, stay away from the bad apples, and avoid any negative surprises.
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Digital Transformation
ValueAdd’s digital transformation services aim at offering intelligent transformation solutions than digitization or automation of processes. Our strong legacy of investment research experience with global financial institutions including investment banks, commercial banks, hedge funds, asset managers, sales and trading desks, institutional research desks, private equity and venture capital firms, and start-ups and mid-sized companies, offers significant domain expertise required for smart digital transformations. Learn More
Success Stories
Buy-side crossover and high yield research support
Investment management arm of a global insurance giant, based in the US. The investments were majorly in the US crossover and high yield bonds.
Read the full storyDistressed debt research support for a US-based mid-sized asset manager firm
A mid-sized buy-side firm reached out to ValueAdd for stressed/ distressed debt origination support; it was a referral through one of our clients.
Read the full storyLeveraged Loans Research for a US CLO fund
A newly set up multi-million-dollar US-based CLO fund based in New York.
Read the full storyCredit research and shadow-rating support for US high yield and convertible bonds for a US based hedge fund
A US-based multi-billion-dollar hedge fund with high yield and convertible strategies. Had offices in New York and London.
Read the full storyBuy-side Securitised credit Research Support
ABS/MBS fund manager of an investment management firm, based in the US.
Read the full storyBuy-side Equity Research Support to a US-based asset manager
A US-based asset manager with 20+ years of experience in the global capital markets reached out to ValueAdd for equity research and valuation model support.
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Differentiators
Our sharp research focus offers a good value to clients
We are a highly research-focused company offering cutting-edge research and analytics solutions to clients, thus offering accurate and reliable analysis to clients for more effective investment decisions.
Speedy coverage initiation and expansion
Our experience and understanding of the companies within key indices such as S&P500, Dow Jones, Itraxx, NASDAQ, FTSE, and Russell, benefits our clients with relatively speedy research initiation of the ideas, giving them first-mover advantage.
High-end research solutions
Our expertise in delivering complex valuations and analysis helps asset managers with an unbiased fundamental view, full-fledged working model for further fine-tuning, and to react fairly quickly in the market.
Specialist in mid-cap investment ideas
In addition to large-cap ideas, we are equally good with mid-cap or rather less-covered ideas. This unique feature offers an early-mover advantage to asset managers.
We understand the mid-market clients’ problems very well
Since inception, we have supported and are supporting many boutique to mid-sized clients grow exponentially. Having closely worked with the founders, partners, and CXOs of these firms, we understand their business problems and thus we have proven capability to address these problems to convert into opportunities for our clients.
The founder brings enriched global investment research experience from global investment banks and the best practices from the top outsourcing firms
The founder has over two decades of experience in banking, investment research, and outsourcing. He is ex-MS, ex-HSBC, ex-Capgemini, and managed several key transitions for large clients including Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, HSBC, Barclays, Oaktree Capital, Keybanc, Cheyne Capital, Fajr Capital, Qatalyst Capital, and Dun & Bradstreet. Has been in leadership roles with some of the top outsourcing firms. The combined expertise of global investment banking and research and outsourcing business, offers a unique competitive advantage to our clients.
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