Copal Amba

Copal Amba
Private
Industry Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO)
Founded 2002
Key people

G.V. Mani (CEO)

Rishi Khosla (Advisor)

Joel Perlman (Advisor)
Services Investment Banking, Equity Research, Fixed Income and Credit Research, Research Production, Quantitative Services, Market Research, Analytics, Strategy Services, Commercial Lending, Direct Lending, Business Support, Training Services
Number of employees
 2500+
Parent Moody's Corporation
Website http://www.copalamba.com/

Copal Amba[1] was formed when Moody’s acquired Copal Partners in 2011[2][3] and Copal Partners acquired Amba Research in 2013,[4] creating a combined entity called Copal Amba. Both Copal Partners and Amba Research had separately been ranked #1 by the Black Book of Outsourcing.[5][6]

Copal Amba provides offshore research and analytics services to the global financial and corporate sectors. These services include investment banking analytics, investment research services across multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and credit, and quantitative research, market research, risk analytics, and business support in areas such as sales and marketing support, regulatory compliance support, and procurement support.[7][8] The company counts amongst its clients leading bulge-bracket financial institutions, Fortune 100 corporations, mid-tier companies, boutique investment banks, and funds.[9] The firm has 2500+ employees.

The firm has delivery centers in Gurgaon, Bangalore, Beijing, Costa Rica, Prague and Westchester.[10] It also has commercial offices in London, New York, Hong Kong and Dubai.[11] Copal Amba's Costa Rica office has been ranked 9th in Costa Rica and 48th in Central America and the Caribbean in the 2014 Great Place to Work® Central America and the Caribbean Survey. This is for the fourth consecutive year Copal Amba has been ranked by GPTW as a best place to work.[12]

History

Copal Partners was founded in 2002 by Rishi Khosla. An entrepreneur, he could foresee that major investment banks would want to reduce their cost of research by outsourcing. Joel Perlman, LSE classmate of Rishi Khosla and an ex-McKinsey consultant, joined the company. Erstwhile Copal Partners was started with seed money of £40,000.[13][14]

Client Segments

Copal Amba provides services to 6 sectors[23][24]:

Services Provided

Copal Amba offers the following services:[25]

Operating Offices

Copal Amba has offices around the world in the following locations:[26]

Corporate Social Responsibility

Copal supports philanthropic work in Asia offering charity research.[27][28] Copal Amba CSR initiatives are selected based on the changing needs of each local community. Copal Amba runs community trusts like 'Sparsh' and 'Spreading Smiles' wherein employees are encouraged to play leading roles and actively participate in various social projects.

References

  1. ↑ "Copal Amba home page".
  2. ↑ "Moody’s Press Release".
  3. ↑ Timmons, Heather (2011-11-14). "Moody’s Buys Majority Stake in Indian Research Firm". New York Times.
  4. ↑ "Moody's acquires investment research firm Amba Investment Services". The Economic Times. 2013-12-11.
  5. ↑ "Copal Partners Named #1 Global Investment Research and Analytics KPO by the Black...". Reuters. 2008-07-01.
  6. ↑ "Amba Research ranks among top-3 KPO service providers". Business Standard.
  7. ↑ "Copal Amba Service Offerings". Copal Amba.
  8. ↑ "Acquisition bolsters Copal Partners to create a leading outsourcer to corporate finance, investment research and asset management customers". Business Wire.
  9. ↑ "Copal Amba supports more than 200 institutional clients". Moody’s Analytics.
  10. ↑ "Copal Amba Offices".
  11. ↑ "Copal Amba Offices".
  12. ↑ "Copal Amba Costa Rica Great Place to Work".
  13. ↑ "Copal Partners was started up with just £40,000". The Guardian.
  14. ↑ "History of Copal Amba". Moody’s Analytics.
  15. ↑ "Exevo". Exevo.
  16. ↑ "EthosData is part of Copal Amba". Ethos Data.
  17. ↑ "EthosData Appoints Head Of China Office". PR News Wire.
  18. ↑ "Moody’s Corporation Acquires Majority Stake in Copal Partners". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India).
  19. ↑ "Moody's buys majority stake in Copal Partners". Institutional Investor.
  20. ↑ "Ratings agency Moody's Corp. buys research firms". Bloomberg Businessweek.
  21. ↑ "Moody's Acquires Amba Investment Services". Moody’s Press Release.
  22. ↑ "Moody’s Completed Acquisition of Remaining Stake in Copal Amba".
  23. ↑ "Copal Amba Services". Copal Amba.
  24. ↑ "Equity Research’s Passage to India". NY Times.
  25. ↑ "Copal Amba Services". Copal Amba.
  26. ↑ "Copal Amba Offices".
  27. ↑ "Charity Research' comes of age as donors look for results". The Economic Times.
  28. ↑ "Philanthropy in India needs to be more strategic". The Economic Times.

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