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Amba Research is a Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) firm providing investment research and analytics support services to the global capital markets industry. The firm has delivery centers in Bangalore (India), Colombo (Sri Lanka) and San Jose (Costa Rica), with sales offices in New York (USA), London (UK) and Singapore.

Amba Research offers investment research services across multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and credit, and quantitative research, while also providing financial institutions services such as sales and marketing support, regulatory compliance support, and corporate finance services.

Amba has over 80 clients including investment banks, asset managers, brokerages, and insurance companies. The firm claims its clients include 7 of the top 15 global investment banks, 6 of the top 15 global asset managers, and 7 of the top 15 alternative investment firms.

Amba is the only investment research support provider whose Equity Analyst training program is certified by the CFA Institute. According to the 2010 Black Book of Outsourcing survey, Amba is ranked amongst the top 3 KPO (Knowledge Process Outsourcing) service providers.

History
Amba Research was founded in 2003 by four senior directors of research from Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and JP Morgan. It opened its first facility in October 2003 in Sri Lanka, and its second office in June 2004 in Singapore. In February 2005, Amba Research entered India, and in June 2006, the firm launched operations in Costa Rica. The company's name is a combination of the first letter of each of the founders' names. The firm’s founders include:

Andrew Houston was formerly a Managing Director and Head of Asia Research at JP Morgan/ Jardine Fleming. He was also an Asia Strategist at the firm. He has over 15 years of research experience.

Mohan Alexander has 23 years of research experience including serving as Deputy Head of Asia Research and Head of India Research at firms such as Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers.

Brad West set up Deutsche Banks’s global emerging markets equity research function and served as Managing Director and Head of Global Emerging Markets and Asia Equity Research at the firm. He has 12 years of research experience.

Anand Aithal is the former head of Goldman Sachs' co-branded research joint venture and a managing director at the firm. He has over 20 years of experience in the capital markets industry in management and research roles in the US, Europe and Asia.

Services provided
Amba Research offers the following services:


 * Equity Research
 * Fixed Income and Credit Research
 * Quantitative Services
 * Research Production
 * Corporate Finance
 * Sales and Marketing Support
 * Regulatory Compliance Support Services

Operating Offices
Amba Research has offices around the world in the following locations:


 * Bangalore, India - Amba Research (India) Private Limited
 * Colombo, Sri Lanka - Amba Research Lanka (Private) Limited
 * San José, Costa Rica - Amba Research Costa Rica S.A
 * New York, USA - Amba Research USA Inc.
 * London, UK - Amba Research UK Limited
 * Singapore - Amba Research Singapore (Pte) Ltd

Awards and Recognition
Amba Research is ranked the top Investment Research Support Provider in the 2010 Black Book of Outsourcing survey.

A report by the business consulting firm A.T. Kearney featured Amba Research as the number one provider of knowledge services in the capital markets research and analytics space in Sri Lanka.

The NOA Outsourcing Yearbook 2010, published by the National Outsourcing Association (NOA), UK, included Amba Research as the only KPO firm in its "Ones to Watch" section.

Amba's delivery centers are ISO 27001 certified for information security.

Amba Research Costa Rica was ranked the 5th great place to work in Costa Rica and the 29th in Central America & the Caribbean in the 2012 Great Place to Work® Central America and the Caribbean Survey.