Varun Sikka
Equity Research | Metals & Mining | Paper & Packaging | AlphaValue / The Smart Cube
- Role
- Associate Vice President at The Smart Cube
- Location
- New Delhi, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Varun Sikka
More than fourteen years\' experience in equity research and investment / corporate advisory # Strong business development, and client and team management skills # Experience in diverse sectors, including Metals & Mining, Paper & Packaging, Healthcare, and Financial Services * views expressed on LinkedIn are personal and not of my employer/client - unless stated otherwise
Experience
Associate Vice President
Jan 2022 — Present
Managing equity research and investment advisory engagements/assignments for diverse clientele in the Financial Services practice. Since 2013, working as an equity research analyst with a leading European independent equity research firm covering large capitalisation Metals and Mining, and Paper and Packaging stocks. Also, managing a front-end Healthcare (Pharma + MedTech) equity research team, with a focus on the European markets. Prior to 2013, worked in / managed teams for various engagements / projects, including: 1/ Prepared a financial model and wrote an ICR on an ailing Swiss industrials company as part of a trial business development project; 2/ Authored a stock index entry/exit strategy report for a UK-based corporate advisory firm to showcase pros and cons of being part of a higher market cap index; 3/ Formulated a brand divestment strategy for a global consumer healthcare company and valued the brand based on specific brand valuation methodologies to help the client rationalise its product portfolio in PIIGS nations; 4/ Conceptualised and authored a white paper for Deutsche Börse (DB), which was presented in a conference in Frankfurt in November 2012 and November 2013, to emphasise on the growing dominance of Chinese corporate in the global IPO market; and 5/ Worked with a London-based restructuring consulting firm to author a research paper on the implementation of ‘Good Bank Bad Bank’ financial system stabilisation model – which was used by ailing banking systems in Europe
Education
Delhi University
BA (Hons), Economics
2005 — 2008
CFA Institute
Level 3 candidate, Investments and Securities
2009 — 2021
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