Rajesh Narwani

Seasoned financial research professional with approximately 18 years of institutional-grade experience across global markets. Specialises in managing end-to-end research mandates for buy-side clients and institutional asset managers, with a consistent track record of delivering high-conviction, actionable insights that directly inform capital allocation decisions. A proven team leader and mentor with demonstrated success in building and scaling analyst teams while upholding the rigour and quality standards expected of senior research delivery.

Brings deep domain expertise and a strategic perspective to thought leadership publications, white papers, and client-facing intellectual capital - translating complex market dynamics into superior portfolio outcomes. Highly proficient in financial modelling, thematic investment strategy construction, and cultivating long-term institutional client relationships. In recent years, has expanded scope to encompass pre-sales support and solutions design - effectively bridging research capabilities with commercial objectives and contributing directly to business development and client acquisition initiatives.

Vice President – Research at Decimal Point Analytics Pvt Ltd. (2007-05 – Present)

Institutional Buy-Side Research with 18+ years of cumulative tenure across two stints with a planned career break of approximately 8 months in 2020-21 for personal reasons. Accelerated career trajectory from Junior Analyst to Vice President - Research through 8 promotions in 16 years within a single organisation, reflecting sustained high performance, expanding client impact, and trusted leadership at every level.

• Led, mentored, and performance-managed a team of 12+ research analysts, instituting structured peer-review frameworks, editorial quality standards, and delivery protocols that reduced client-facing revision cycles by 30%
• Managed end-to-end institutional research delivery for a USD 11.5Bn combined AUM client portfolio - comprising a global hedge fund (USD 5Bn), a GCC buy-side asset manager (USD 3Bn), and a CRE asset manager (USD 3.5Bn) - achieving 100% client retention across all engagements
• Delivered customised investment research to a USD 5Bn global hedge fund, designing bespoke reporting workflows and financial models that accelerated research turnaround and supported time-sensitive portfolio rebalancing decisions
• Partnered with a USD 3Bn GCC-based asset manager to build sector-specific research coverage and investment frameworks, directly informing multi-geography asset allocation strategies across equity income portfolios
• Oversaw a high-velocity maintenance research programme covering 65+ companies per quarter, ensuring timely model updates, earnings revisions, and investment thesis refreshes across diverse sectors
• Develop comprehensive financial models (DCF, DDM, Trading Comps, SOTP) to assess intrinsic value and support sound, data-driven investment decisions
• Spearhead theme-based trading and investment idea generation - identifying macro tailwinds, regulatory shifts, and sector rotations - resulting in high-conviction, differentiated calls
• Managed end-to-end client relationships with institutional clients - addressing day-to-day investment queries and present research and investment thesis during monthly portfolio manager meetings
• Executed financial modelling and equity research assignments, demonstrating versatility across multiple industries and geographies
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Product, and Technology teams to integrate quantitative screens into investment strategy
• Leveraged Bloomberg Terminal and FactSet across the full research lifecycle - from data extraction, screening, and comp analysis to earnings modelling and portfolio attribution - ensuring institutional-grade data integrity across all deliverables
• Engineered a standardised research production and reporting template across all client engagements, achieving a ~40% reduction in preparation time for recurring deliverables without compromising analytical rigour
• Expanded equity research coverage more than threefold - from 20 to 65+ companies - for a GCC-based buy-side asset manager
• Designed and institutionalised research workflow SOPs and quality control checklists, driving measurable improvements in output accuracy and operational efficiency across a team of 25 analysts
• Introduced quantitative screening overlays - including earnings momentum and price-to-book reversion models - as supplementary tools to fundamental research, enhancing idea generation quality

MBA in Finance (PGDM) – Babasaheb Gawde Institute of Management Sciences, Mumbai (2007)

M.Com – Pune University (2005)