Amba in the News

Amba in the News
May 14, 2013
Amba's Chanakya Dissanayake featured in Sri Lanka’s Echelon "40 Under 40" list

Chanakya Dissanayake, Director and Country Head of Amba Research Sri Lanka is featured in Echelon's "40 Under 40" list. The Echelon magazine is a leading monthly publication focusing on Sri Lanka’s business landscape. The "40 Under 40" list highlights the younger generation's contributions to intensive economic growth in Sri Lanka. The listed individuals have influenced and succeeded in various areas of business, and are 39 years of age (as of 31 March 2013) or younger.

Chanakya was recently appointed as the Country Head of Amba’s Sri Lanka operations. He has been at Amba since its beginning. Prior to this appointment, he was Director, Strategic Initiatives. Chanakya is a CFA charterholder; an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), UK; and a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK.

Click here to view Echelon's "40 Under 40" list: http://www.echelon.lk/home/40-under-40/

July 11, 2012
Amba's Ravi Sundararaman authors article on ‘The beauty of commercial ecosystems’ in The Asset magazine

Ravi Sundararaman, Director and Global Head of Product Management at Amba authored an article entitled ‘The beauty of commercial ecosystems’ in The Asset magazine.

Ravi writes: “Every now and then, a commercially successful business organization does not remain a stand-alone entity. It creates a platform, enables an ecosystem and provides a vehicle for several other entities to ride towards success. The transformational impact can last decades. There is a lot that India can learn from success stories here and elsewhere.”

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May 1, 2012
Great Place to Work® ranks Amba Research Costa Rica in Top 5

Amba's Costa Rica office has been ranked the 5th great place to work in Costa Rica and 29th in Central America and the Caribbean in the 2012 Great Place to Work® Central America and the Caribbean Survey. A total of 103 companies participated in the survey  and the overall score to classify as a Great Place to Work® increased by 5% compared with 2011.

In 2011, Amba Research ranked 7th in Costa Rica and 38th in Central America and the Caribbean in the survey. 

Amba Research's Costa Rica research center was opened in July 2006 by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and then President of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias Sanchez. The center provides equity research, fixed income and credit research, quantitative research, sales and marketing support, corporate finance, compliance support, and capital markets training to the global capital markets.

For full results of survey, please click here

April 25, 2012
Amba Research featured in Knowledge Services report by A.T. Kearney

Amba Research is featured as the number one provider in the capital markets research and analytics space in a report by business consulting firm, A.T. Kearney. The report, entitled ‘Competitive Benchmarking: Sri Lanka Knowledge Services', focuses on Sri Lanka as an emerging destination for the Information Technology (IT), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), and Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) industries.

As an adviser on global strategy and operations to many of the world's leading corporations, A.T. Kearney has been evaluating the pros and cons of different services locations for more than a decade. The report states that Sri Lanka is a "hidden gem for outsourcing", with a combination of extremely low costs, a highly educated English-speaking population with sophisticated technical skills, and a business environment and infrastructure that is superior to most low-cost countries.

Amba Research established its first delivery center in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2003. The firm has offices in New York, London, Singapore, Bangalore, Colombo and San Jose (Costa Rica).

For the full report by A.T. Kearney, click here.

March 14, 2012
Article written by Ravi Sundararaman, Director, Global Head of Product Management at Amba featured in The Asset magazine

In The Asset magazine, Ravi Sundararaman's article on "Eurozone crisis and the world of finance" explains why confidence is low in the global capital markets. The article concludes that a fresh infusion of talent may be needed to lower the cost of business and to make the capital markets more customer-friendly.

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January 12, 2012
ETF Market White Paper authored by Andrew Houston featured in ETFI Asia magazine

Extracts from co-Founder Andrew Houston’s white paper entitled ‘Challenges and Opportunities as the ETF Market Matures’ is featured in the Q4 2011 issue of ETFI Asia magazine.

The white paper examines the growth of the market, the pros and cons of the newer ETF products, and the competitive dynamics of the ETF industry.

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November 7, 2011
Bala Srinivasa, MD, Global Head of Business Development and Marketing, Amba Research, featured in The Hindu Business Line

In The Hindu Business Line, Bala Srinivasa discusses the impact of technology on financial institutions.

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October 24, 2011
Mohan Alexander, CEO and Co-Founder, Amba Research featured in Smart CEO magazine

“Amba Research offers round-the-clock research services to the global capital markets industry. It was ranked among the Top 3 Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) service providers in the 2010 Black Book of Outsourcing survey. Through this article, The Smart CEO aims to get a first-hand perspective of what makes the company tick”

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October 15, 2011
Mohan Alexander, CEO and Co-Founder, Amba Research featured in Human Factor magazine

Mohan Alexander discusses the potential of the knowledge process outsourcing industry in India

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October 17, 2011
Société Générale launches new bond market advisory service

Société Générale launches new bond market advisory service in partnership with Amba Research

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