Research Analyst


A Research Analyst in the share market plays a crucial role in helping investors, financial institutions, and other stakeholders make informed investment decisions. Here are the key roles of a Research Analyst in the share market:

Primary Responsibilities
  1. Company Research: Analyse financial statements, industry trends, and market data to evaluate a company's performance, growth prospects, and valuation.
  2. Stock Recommendations: Provide buy, sell, or hold recommendations on stocks based on research findings, risk assessment, and market conditions.
  3. Market Analysis: Monitor and analyse market trends, economic indicators, and geopolitical events to identify potential opportunities and risks.
  4. Financial Modelling: Develop financial models to forecast a company's future performance, estimate its intrinsic value, and simulate different scenarios.

Secondary Responsibilities
  1. Data Collection: Gather and analyse large datasets from various sources, including financial statements, industry reports, and market research studies.
  2. Report Writing: Prepare comprehensive research reports, including company profiles, industry analysis, and market outlook.
  3. Presentation: Present research findings and recommendations to investors, portfolio managers, and other stakeholders.
  4. Staying Up-to-Date: Continuously update knowledge and skills to keep pace with changing market conditions, regulatory requirements, and industry trends.

Soft Skills
  1. Analytical Thinking: Ability to analyse complex data, identify patterns, and draw meaningful conclusions.
  2. Communication: Effective communication skills to present research findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  3. Time Management: Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines.
  4. Collaboration: Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including sales, trading, and portfolio management.

Professional Certifications: Many research analysts hold professional certifications, such as the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

  1. Junior Research Analyst: Entry-level position, typically requiring 0-2 years of experience.
  2. Senior Research Analyst: Mid-level position, typically requiring 2-5 years of experience.
  3. Lead Research Analyst: Senior-level position, typically requiring 5-10 years of experience.
  4. Research Director: Executive-level position, typically requiring 10+ years of experience.

What is eSign?

eSign service is an online electronic signature service that can facilitate an Aadhaar holder to digitally sign a document. A licensed eSign Service Provider (ESP), empanelled by Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) can provide eSign Services to Application Service Providers (ASPs)
eSign is an online electronic signature service that can facilitate an Aadhaar holder to digitally sign a document. An Aadhaar holder can now sign a document after Biometric/One Time Password authentication thus requiring no paper based application form or documents. Authentication of the signer will be carried out by the e-KYC services of UIDAI and on successful authentication i.e., on receiving the consent from the signer, electronic signature on the document/data will be ascribed by eSign services of ESP. eSign will make the process of digital signature very simple and hence, end-users may adopt it at much faster pace than the traditional DSC. Online service providers can use Open API and easily integrate eSign facility, making the feature of non-repudiation much robust in their existing service.

Features of eSign
  • Easy and secure way to digitally sign document anywhere, anytime
  • Facilitates legally valid signatures
  • Flexible and easy to implement
  • Privacy of the signer is maintained
  • Secure online service is used
  • Immediate destruction of keys after usage

Benefits of eSign
  • Promotes paperless environment
  • No hassles of key storage and key protection concerns
  • User Convenience
  • Integrity with complete Audit trail
  • Saves cost and time

Who can avail eSign services?


Following category of entities can obtain eSign services through registered ESP:
  • A Central/ State Government Ministry / Department or an undertaking owned and managed by Central / State Government
  • An Authority constituted under the Central / State Act
  • A Not-for-profit company / Special Purpose organization of national importance
  • A bank / financial institution / telecom company
  • A legal entity registered in India

What is KRA (KYC Registration Agency)?

Earlier, the investors could easily complete their KYC process by simply opening an account with any of the SEBI intermediaries and submitting relevant documents. Later, this process caused very high duplication of KYC records as the customer had to undergo the process of KYC with each entity separately. Therefore, in order to bring uniformity in the KYC process and eliminate such duplications, SEBI introduced the concept of KRA (KYC Registration Agency). Now, there are 5 KYC Registration Agencies(KRAs) in India.
These include:

  1. CVL KRA
  2. CAMS KRA
  3. Karvy KRA
  4. NDML KRA
  5. DOT-EX KRA

As per the SEBI guidelines of 2011, the investors who wish to invest in Mutual Funds or become KYC complaint have to register with any one of the above-mentioned agencies.

What is CVL KRA?

CVL KRA is one of the KYC registration agencies (KRA) in the country. CVLKRA offers KYC and KYC related services for all the fund houses, stockbrokers and other agencies that are compliant with SEBI. Know Your Customer – KYC – is a one-time process to authenticate the identity of the investor and this process is compulsory for all financial institutions.

CDSL Ventures Limited - CVL - is a completely owned subsidiary of the central depository Services of India (CDSL). CVL relies on its expertise in the securities market domain and maintaining the data confidentiality. CVLKRA was the first central-KYC (cKYC) Registration Agency for the securities market. CVL KRA keeps the records of the investor in a centralized manner on behalf of the securities market intermediaries that are compliant with SEBI.

What is NDML KRA?

NSDL Database Management Limited which is a fully owned subsidiary of National Securities Depository Ltd. (NSDL). NSDL Data Management Ltd (NDML) is one of the leaders in the country in providing business and knowledge process services. It focuses mainly on delivering best possible services with the help of an innovative framework. NDML aims to maintain its top position by making most of the current retail sector boom in the Indian market. NDML KRA functions as an independent entity backed by a strong team of professionals with great experience. NDML KRA uses the latest technology for data management which keeps the records of the information of its clients centralised. It does this on behalf of the SEBI compliant securities market entities.

NSDL KRA is one of the registered KRA among the other four that provide KYC related services to the investors. NSDL KRA allows you to check your KYC Status, download the KYC Form and complete the KYC KRA verification.

Refund and Cancellation Policy

Scrabble Technologies Private Limited offers KYC software for Financial Markets in the brand name “KYC Venue”. It’s a cloud-based product which Research Analyst can procure and use the license by paying the service charges. Our charges are mentioned in the website and they make advance payment by agreeing to the terms and conditions. Further, below are the policies you must know to claim a refund and understand our role in the procedure.

Service Cancellation

Before cancelling the service, we recommend discussing the complexities and any other queries with us. We consider a refund a last resort under scenarios with limited/no scope to move further.

To cancel the service at any stage, you need to provide a written application to Scrabble Technologies Private Limited. After this, we will consider the cancellation and move forward with it per the policies defined here. You must undergo all the refund policies to understand the post-cancellation scope.

Refund Coverage

Our refund policy only covers the services/assets/resources owned by Scrabble Technologies Private Limited. The refund policy doesn’t cover and control any third-party resources, licenses, software, and applicable fees paid to them. In addition, our policy has zero scope of refund for external services availed through third-party vendors and websites for the project.

We offer three primary refunds, which get initiated per the discussion and current scenario of the project.

The refund categories include:
Full Refund

We provide a full refund if the service is not accepted and initiated by our team. You have to provide a written application to us for even cancelling the project before initiation.

Partial Refund

A partial refund is considered in cases where you have used some of the service. We will deduct the amount from the advance payment accordingly, and if it exceeds that, you have to pay the remaining amount to Scrabble Technologies Private Limited.

We thoroughly analyse before deciding, as we don't want our clients and the company to face monetary loss.

No Refund

If the service is used fully, we will not provide you with any refund. Once you exhaust the advance payment then the refund amount updates to zero by default.

Refund Eligibility

We manage our service with the utmost professionalism and ensure top-tier quality for every output. However, if you are unsatisfied at any stage, you can reach out to our business managers and even contact the company directly through the provided communication channels. We will consider client cancellation and refund requests after the dispute resolution procedure. If we don't come to a mutually satisfactory conclusion, we will approve the cancellation and refund as per the policies.

Refund Processing

Once Scrabble Technologies Private Limited approves the cancellation, the refund gets initiated within five working days. The client receives notification about the same as it progresses. In addition, we initiate the refund to the same payment gateway or method as the original payment mode. There’s no fixed time for clients to receive payment, as we provide a 180 working days period for the amount to get settled and reflected in the client’s account.

Limitation of Liability

Scrabble Technologies Private Limited holds only limited liability when the service is incomplete. For any other instance, such as loss due to no delivery of services or delay in delivery, Scrabble Technologies is not responsible. In addition, the refund is only initiated if the client cancels the service as per the Cancellation and Refund Policy.

Policy Updation

Scrabble Technologies holds the complete right to modify the Cancellation and Refund policy at any time without providing a notice to the stakeholders. Therefore, we recommend consistently updating yourself with the policies, terms, and conditions.