Lakshay Gupta

Financial Analyst at FirstRand group
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(386) 825-5501
Location
IN
Languages
  • English -
  • Hindi -
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Credentials

  • EPAT- Certificate of excellence
    QuantInsti
    Aug, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Options Trading Strategies In Python: Basic
    QuantInsti
    Dec, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • Python Basics for Trading
    Quantra
    Dec, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • NISM Series I: Currency Derivatives Certification Examination
    National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM)
    Apr, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • NISM SERIES VII: Securities Operations and Risk Management Certification Examination
    National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM)
    Mar, 2018
    - Nov, 2024
  • NISM Series VIII : Equity Derivatives Certification Examination
    National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM)
    Feb, 2018
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • FirstRand group
    • South Africa
    • Financial Services
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Financial Analyst
      • Sep 2021 - Present

      • Automate processing and data extraction into excel for valuation of financial instruments using python and SQL. • Liaise with different teams within the firm to ensure smooth flow of the valuation process. • Optimise the code of legacy projects to improve runtime and performance. • Identification of repetitive manual work and initiation of new projects from scratch to automate the processes. • Automate processing and data extraction into excel for valuation of financial instruments using python and SQL. • Liaise with different teams within the firm to ensure smooth flow of the valuation process. • Optimise the code of legacy projects to improve runtime and performance. • Identification of repetitive manual work and initiation of new projects from scratch to automate the processes.

  • Edelweiss Financial Services Limited
    • India
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Risk Analyst
      • Jul 2018 - Aug 2021

      • Manage market risk (equities, forex) for proprietary trading desk spanning across US, UK and APAC. • Setup and manage new risk management processes on trading platform in collaboration with brokers. • Manage end to end risk management process, trade booking process and cater to issues arising in the Global Derivatives Desk. • Develop and maintain a comprehensive stress testing framework that can be applied across all products/desks to estimate actual loss potential in extreme market moves. • Automate the risk management process using VBA to reduce human error and efforts which help the Global Markets Team to cut down the risk management cost by minimum 10%. • Code python projects from scratch to support calculation of VaR for different businesses for different lambda values and Rolling VaR. Show less

    • Associate Trader
      • Jul 2017 - Jun 2018

      • To analyse the market conditions and macro-economic data in order to support Global Derivatives team.• Manage interest rate futures and bond portfolio of the U.K. market to help diversify the portfolio. • To utilise different strategies such as outrights, spreads, fly to minimize and diversify the risks. • Back-testing new and existing strategies developed using fundamental and technical analysis on Bloomberg and Reuters. • Analyse, prepare and present reports on the U.K. region products to stakeholders to communicate an overview of past events, which help the trading team to revisit its strategies and modify them. Show less

Education

  • Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology
    Bachelor’s Degree, Civil Engineering
    2013 - 2017

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