Eshaan Asodekar

Quantitative Development Intern @Manulife Wealth & Asset Management

Boston, MA, US

Develop data pipelines, investment insight generation tools, and implement GenAI and ML solutions, including LLM-based models, to streamline investment workflows, support multiple investment teams across asset classes, and drive data-driven investment insights. • Spearheaded the development of a cutting-edge ML pipeline for RMBS modeling, enabling accurate deal valuation, risk monitoring, and predictive default analysis using advanced feature engineering, event-driven datasets, and macroeconomic variable integration.o Achieved a remarkable 70% data reduction by converting time series data to credit event-based dataset, optimizing storage capacity and accelerating downstream processing speed, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and resource utilization.o Enabled dynamic loan dataset updates, replacing annual refresh cycles, empowering analysts with timely market trend analysis.• Developed an advanced ESG analysis tool utilizing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with GPT embeddings to streamline ESG coverage for equity and fixed income portfolios, enabling automated scoring, rationale generation, and valuation adjustments.o Pioneered a GenAI ESG Analysis template with valuation adjustments, offering unmatched insights unavailable from vendors toolso Streamlined ESG analysis, cutting analyst effort from 3 hours to 30 minutes of validation through advanced GPT-powered automation.• Developed a GenAI-driven Earnings Call Summarizer using OpenAI GPT API, enabling analysts to extract key insights faster. Features include actionable summaries, Q&A analysis, cross-company/quarter comparisons, and competitor performance assessment for strategic decision-making.o Achieved rapid insight generation for equity analysts, reducing analysis time from 1.5 hours to 20 minutes with GPT-driven tool.o Amplified equity investment efficiency, enabling analysts to assess current holdings faster and expand coverage to new companies with AI-driven transcript analysis.