What is financial modeling? Financial modeling is creating a complete program/ structure, which helps you in coming to a decision regarding investment in a project/ company. Financial models are abstract representations of a financial decision making. Now these decisions can be derived on a simple piece of paper or in tools such as Excel, MATLAB [...]

Dear Readers, As part of our continuous effort to educate everyone on financial analysis, risk management and financial modeling, we have started a new series. We will be posting a question relevant to either Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or Financial Modeling (FM) or Financial Risk Management (FRM). Question of the Day (QotD) will be posted [...]

Shipping Corporation of India is an organization with good fundamentals and has generated enormous interest in the investor community (both retail and institutional). Many potential investors want a financial model in Microsoft Excel© which can help them in a thorough analysis of the company. Creating such models have always been a time-taking and daunting exercise. [...]

Financial Risk Management (FRM) Experts Interview
This is an interview in a series of Interviews that Pristine Careers would conduct. Pristine would meet professionals/ students / other people, who have been successful in clearing FRM and get their views on how to succeed. Pristine is hopeful that it would give the readers some insight into how to crack FRM and other certifications in finance.
Paramdeep Singh, a director with Pristine Careers speaks to Umesh Agarwal, an expert in Risk Management and Banking. He has experience in Market Risk and Portfolio Management and has worked with the leader in Risk Management S&P’s – CRISIL. He thinks that consistency and discipline in preparation is the most important aspect from Exam perspective.

Financial Risk Management (FRM) Experts Interview This is the first interview in a series of Interviews that Pristine Careers would conduct. Pristine would meet professionals/ students / other people, who have been successful in clearing FRM and get their views on how to succeed. Pristine is hopeful that it would give the readers some insight [...]

Financial Risk Management (FRM) Experts Interview This is an interview in a series of Interviews that Pristine Careers would conduct. Pristine would meet professionals/ students / other people, who have been successful in clearing FRM and get their views on how to succeed. Pristine is hopeful that it would give the readers some insight into [...]

Financial Risk Management (FRM) Experts Interview

FRM Exam
This is an interview in a series of Interviews that Pristine Careers would conduct. Pristine would meet professionals/ students / other people, who have been successful in clearing FRM and get their views on how to succeed. Pristine is hopeful that it would give the readers some insight into how to crack FRM and other certifications in finance.
Paramdeep Singh, a director with Pristine Careers speaks to Nageshwar Sastry, an expert in Risk Management (specially Market Risk) and Analytics. Sastry has been working in the field of Risk Management and Analytics for the past 6 years. He has significant experience in project management and market Risk Management, particularly in Derivatives and structured products. He has a strong background in Quantitative Analysis and thinks that to clear the exam you have to focus on the fundamentals. Sastry is an engineer by background and has done his Bachelors and Masters from IIT Bombay and MBA from ISB.

Financial Risk Management (FRM) Experts Interview

FRM Expert
This is an interview in a series of Interviews that Pristine Careers would conduct. Pristine would meet professionals/ students / other people, who have been successful in clearing FRM and get their views on how to succeed. Pristine is hopeful that it would give the readers some insight into how to crack FRM and other certifications in finance.
Paramdeep Singh, a director with Pristine Careers speaks to Rishi Daulatani, who wants to build a career in Risk Management and Banking. Rishi is a fresh graduate from one of the best MBA schools in India and has prior work experience in the field of Information technology. He feels that background does play a significant role in clearing FRM. In his view point, regular revision of subjects is the mantra to crack FRM. Rishi is an engineer by background and has done his MBA from IMT Ghaziabad.

Financial Risk Management (FRM) Experts Interview

Crack FRM Exam
This is an interview in a series of Interviews that Pristine Careers would conduct. Pristine would meet professionals/ students / other people, who have been successful in clearing FRM and get their views on how to succeed. Pristine is hopeful that it would give the readers some insight into how to crack FRM and other certifications in finance.
Paramdeep Singh, a director with Pristine Careers speaks to Gazal Sikand, who wants to build a career in Risk Management and Banking. Gazal is a fresh graduate from one of the best MBA schools in India and has prior work experience in Capital IQ, which is a subsidiary of S&P. She feels that background does play a role (But minor) in clearing FRM but working hard is the most important aspect. In her view point, there is no shortcut to success and working hard is the only way. Gazal is a graduate in Mathematics and has done his MBA from IMT Ghaziabad. Gazal secured Q1 in 4 out the 5 subjects in FRM.

Financial Risk Management (FRM) Experts Interview

FRM Exam Tips
This is an interview in a series of Interviews that Pristine Careers would conduct. Pristine would meet professionals/ students / other people, who have been successful in clearing FRM and get their views on how to succeed. Pristine is hopeful that it would give the readers some insight into how to crack FRM and other certifications in finance.
Paramdeep Singh, a director with Pristine Careers speaks to Pratik, an expert in Risk Management and Banking. Pratik has been working with the Banking Regulator RBI and has a strong background in statistics and Economics. He has significant experience in statistics, IT and Business Analysis. He has a strong background in Mathematics and Statistics and thinks that planning and working hard are the most important aspects from Exam perspective.