Naresh Kumar

Product Manager

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India21 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 10 years of experience in Indian fixed income market.
Managed multiple fixed income funds at leading financial institutions.
Graduate from premier institutions IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fixed Income Investment Specialist with extensive experience in Asset Management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Fixed Income Portfolio ManagementInvestmentsFund ManagementTrading

Other Skills

Credit DerivativesFinancial AnalysisFinancial ModelingEquity ResearchBondsCurrencyInterest Rate DerivativesEntrepreneurshipManagementFX OptionsDerivativesForecastingCapital MarketsMacroeconomicsAnalytics

About

I am currently working as fixed income portfolio manager at Max Life Insurance Company Limited. Prior to that, I was part of fixed income investments team at Tata Asset Management Company Limited, managing Tata Gilt Securities Fund and Tata Gilt Medium Term Fund. Before venturing into Asset Management side, I was working with ICICI Bank and trading in Indian fixed income market, where I was part of one the largest fixed income trading and warehousing desk in Indian markets. I have 10+ years of experience in Indian fixed income market and am a graduate of India’s premier educational institutions (IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore). Prior to my stints in Indian fixed income market, I had done internships in Investment Banking, Media & technology domain. Specialties: Fixed income trading (Sovereign & corporate bonds and interest rate derivatives), Fixed Income Portfolio Management, Fund Management

Experience

21 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Max life insurance company limited

2 roles

Fixed Income Portfolio Manager

Promoted

Sep 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

Working as a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager

InvestmentsCredit DerivativesFinancial AnalysisFixed Income Portfolio Management

Assistant Vice President

Sep 2019 – Sep 2021 · 2 yrs

Fixed Income Fund Manager

InvestmentsFinancial AnalysisFixed Income Portfolio Management

Tata asset management

Fund Manager

Dec 2016 – Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai Area, India

InvestmentsFinancial AnalysisFund Management

Icici bank

Proprietary trading

Jun 2011 – Dec 2016 · 5 yrs 6 mos

Trading in Govt. Bonds & Interest rate derivatives
Part of Proprietary Trading & Investments Group of ICICI Bank, dealing in Indian fixed income market (Sovereign bonds , Corporate Bonds, interest rate derivatives and money market instruments
Primary Role: Generating absolute profit (individual P&L target) for the bank by trading in Gsec & interest rate derivatives within specified risk & Pv01 limits
Secondary Responsibilities: Dealing in liquid corporate bonds and Commercial Papers & Certificate of Deposits (money market dealing) for group portfolio; Assist in Sell-down of group portfolio (mainly high-yield bonds) through inter-bank brokers & PF channel
Responsible for portfolio analytics, preparing investment related notes for senior management (for ALCO & other bank level Committees), preparing strategy & budget related notes for the year

InvestmentsFinancial AnalysisTrading

Centrum capital ltd

Intern (Investment Banking)

Apr 2011 – Jun 2011 · 2 mos

Member of PE & M&A team; Studied about structure of Indian Education Sector & main players in the industry
Worked on the Information Memorandum(IM) presentation for a leading player in Entertainment Industry
Worked in a team of 2 on a ~ Rs. 1.50 billion transaction for a mid-sized player in Indian Logistics Sector

Hindustan times

Summer Intern

Apr 2010 – Jun 2010 · 2 mos

Worked as a Summer Management Trainee at Firefly E-ventures (Internet Division of HT Media).

Indian institute of management, bangalore

PGP 2009-11

Jul 2009 – Apr 2011 · 1 yr 9 mos

Specialization in Finance.

Master's thesis at iit delhi

Decision Support System for Semi-rural dairy Operations

May 2008 – May 2009 · 1 yr

Development of a sensor network based animal monitoring scheme for semi-rural dairy operations
Designed and developed a "Decision Support System Based on Wireless Sensor Networks" for a Rs. 4.23 million project, sponsored by the "Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India" and IIT Delhi
Implemented in collaboration with National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) Karnal, Haryana

Clickable

Intern

Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 · 0 mo

Did a brief internship at US based online marketing solution provider Clickable.

Conexant systems

Summer Intern

Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 · 0 mo

Proposed & implemented optimizations in drivers of e-MAC architecture for 802.11 compliant devices
Achieved more than 20% increase in transmission throughput & significant reduction in CPU utilization

Indian institute of technology, delhi

Dual Degree (B.tech in Electrical Engineer; M.tech in Information and Communication technology)

Jul 2004 – Jul 2009 · 5 yrs

Worked on a INR 4.2 million project sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, GOI to develop automated food & water uptake systems for semi-rural dairy operations. Worked in collaboration with National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI).