We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our Global Financial Research team. As a Financial Research Analyst, you will receive comprehensive training and guidance to analyze financial data, conduct market research, and provide valuable insights to our clients.
Responsibilities
Learn to conduct research on various financial instruments, including Bonds, Equities, Fixed Income Securities, Loans, Preferred Securities, ETFs, and Money Market Instruments.
Assist in analyzing corporate actions and their impact on financial markets and securities.
Support in maintaining and updating the securities database with accurate and timely information.
Contribute to coverage of specific companies and sectors through research and analysis.
Assist in preparing reports, presentations, and other materials to communicate research findings to clients.
Collaborate with team members to ensure accurate and timely delivery of research reports.
Stay updated with industry trends and developments under the guidance of senior analysts.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field. Fresh graduates are welcome to apply.
Strong analytical skills with a passion for financial markets and data analysis.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with a willingness to learn financial research tools.
Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
Prior internship or coursework related to finance or investment analysis is an added advantage but not mandatory.
Ovii Interpretation
This fresher-level Financial Research Analyst role supports research into financial instruments, companies, and sectors. You’ll help analyze market information, maintain securities data, and prepare research materials for clients, with training and guidance from experienced analysts.
Role at a glance
Financial researchMarket analysisSecurities dataCompany and sector coverageClient-facing research materialsFresher role
Skills mentioned
Financial market researchFinancial data analysisAnalytical skillsMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointBondsEquitiesFixed income securitiesLoansPreferred securities
What you will likely work on
Research a range of financial instruments and support analysis of their market context.
Assess corporate actions and their potential effects on markets and securities.
Keep securities database information accurate and current.
Research assigned companies and sectors to support coverage.
Help prepare reports, presentations, and other materials that share findings with clients.
Coordinate with teammates to deliver research reports accurately and on time.
Follow industry developments with guidance from senior analysts.
Good fit signals
A bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business, or a related field is required; fresh graduates are welcome.
Strong analytical ability and interest in financial markets and data analysis are important.
Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint is expected, alongside openness to learning financial research tools.
Clear communication and the ability to work independently and collaboratively will be useful.
Finance or investment-analysis coursework or internship experience is an advantage, but is not mandatory.
Meet FactEntry
FactEntry provides fixed-income data to asset managers, investment banks, trading platforms and market data vendors. Its analysts and software extract bond terms from prospectuses, track corporate actions and monitor US municipal disclosures. Its BondPDF database gives customers access to original bond documents, while its valuation engine uses cash flows to estimate prices for bonds that trade infrequently. Customers receive the data through APIs and feeds to value portfolios, assess risk and check investment restrictions before trading. Headquartered in London, FactEntry has a research and technology operation in Vellore, India, and is part of SIX Group.
Founded
2008
Company size
201–500 employees
Company stage
Not known
Headquarters
London, UK
Why work here
FactEntry offers engineers and researchers a chance to work on a practical question in bond markets: how do you value a security that rarely trades? Its quantitative team builds pricing models in C++ and tests them against historical data in Python. Its data teams use natural language processing and analyst review to turn bond prospectuses into structured terms that asset managers and investment banks can use. The Vellore operation brings research, data engineering and product development together within SIX Group.
Dhingra founded FactEntry to make the source documents and reference data behind bonds easier to find. An engineering graduate, he worked in fixed income at Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse and UBS, then helped establish Markit India. He led FactEntry's teams in London and Vellore before stepping down as CEO in 2025.
McLaren joined FactEntry in 2012 and leads strategic partnerships and business development. He previously served as product director at Perfect Information and helped develop reference data products at Thomson Reuters.
RMRitesh MalhotraHead of Fixed IncomeView bioHide bio
Malhotra leads the teams that develop and operate FactEntry's fixed-income products. He previously led operations at Markit for four years, supported operations teams at Dell and Microsoft, and holds a postgraduate degree in finance.
RMRicha MalhotraDirector of OperationsView bioHide bio
Malhotra joined FactEntry in its early years and brings experience in operations, training and quality management. An engineering graduate, she previously managed a 100-person technical support team on an IBM subcontract.
Gabrijel specialises in bond pricing and machine learning. He helped build real-time fixed-income pricing systems at Markit and has worked as a quantitative portfolio manager and researcher for hedge funds. He holds a doctorate in machine learning, computer and information science.
SBSwati BhatiaDirector, FactEntry (UK) LtdView bioHide bio
Bhatia joined the FactEntry UK board in June 2025. She also leads fixed-income product management at SIX Financial Information, where her work includes extracting bond terms from prospectuses and validating them against other sources.
FactEntry data extends the fixed-income coverage of SIX's corporate actions service
WatersTechnology·
WatersTechnology reported that SIX had integrated FactEntry content into its corporate actions service, extending the range of fixed-income securities covered by its event and reference data.
FactEntry (UK) Ltd appointed Bhatia as a director on June 24. A separate filing published the same day recorded founder Sandeep Dhingra's departure from the board on June 16.
SIX launches expanded fixed-income data service following FactEntry acquisition
SIX·
SIX launched a service combining bond prices, reference data, corporate actions and original issuance documents. At launch, its US coverage included 3.6 million instruments across municipal, corporate and government debt and structured finance.
SIX announced that it had acquired a controlling stake in FactEntry to expand its global bond reference data and corporate actions coverage. The transaction closed on March 27, 2024.