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Aarya Chabba

Final-year Financial Economics student with hands-on exposure to FX structuring, distressed credit analysis and financial modelling — building the quantitative and commercial foundations for a career in markets, investment and strategic finance.

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About

Building analytical depth,
one market at a time.

I am a final-year BSc Financial and Business Economics student at Royal Holloway, University of London, with a growing track record across trading floors, credit desks and corporate finance.

My internship at Deutsche Bank’s CEEMEA FIC desk gave me direct exposure to structuring cross-border solutions using total return swaps and non-deliverable forwards. At Kyma Capital, I worked alongside a distressed credit team analysing corporate issuers and sovereign entities across bonds, convertibles and CDS. Earlier, at Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance, I built net profit projections that were presented directly to the CFO.

I approach finance with genuine intellectual curiosity — I want to understand not just how markets move, but why, and what structural and behavioural forces sit underneath. My final-year work in financial economics, corporate finance, industrial economics and the economics of AI gives me the analytical toolkit to do that well.

Location
London, UK
University
Royal Holloway, University of London
Programme
BSc Financial and Business Economics (CIMA integrated)
Expected Graduation
July 2027
Predicted Grade
First Class Honours

Education

Academic background

Royal Holloway, University of London
BSc Financial and Business EconomicsPredicted: First Class Honours
September 2024 – July 2027
  • Strong command of asset pricing, bond valuation and derivatives pricing for hedging and trading strategies. This takes in equity pricing models, credit ratings, duration and the valuation of options, futures, forwards and swaps, much of it building directly on my time on Deutsche Bank’s FIC desk.
  • Well-versed in corporate financial decision-making, including NPV, cost of capital, capital structure, corporate governance and behavioural finance. The focus is on how firms decide which projects to back, how they pay for them and how incentives and market behaviour shape those choices, the same questions that sit behind any deal.
  • Skilled in modelling firms, market structure and competition, and in the economics of AI adoption and regulation. Industrial economics gives me a framework for working out how industries are structured and where competitive advantage comes from, while the economics of AI looks at how new technology is changing productivity, jobs and the way firms compete.
  • President and Treasurer of the Indian Society, leading the committee, events and finances. I oversee a full calendar of events, from the Freshers’ Fair stall to club nights and talent shows, and personally manage the budget, pricing and P&L, with profit tripling over the last two years.
CIMA Certificate — Integrated into Degree (In Progress)

Academic Foundation

What I’m building as a thinker

My coursework is structured around the analytical, quantitative and commercial skills that finance and economics professionals rely on. Here is what each area brings:

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Markets & Asset Pricing
Pricing equities, bonds and derivatives, and understanding how they are used to hedge risk, from duration and credit ratings to options, futures and swaps.
Financial Economics 1 & 2 · Financial Markets & Institutions
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Corporate Finance & Valuation
How firms invest and fund themselves through NPV, cost of capital, capital structure, governance and agency costs, and the behavioural forces that move markets.
Corporate Finance 1 & 2
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Market Structures & Strategy
Formal models of competition, pricing and firm growth, showing how market structure and incentives shape strategic decisions: the lens behind equity analysis, consulting and competition policy.
Industrial Economics 1 & 2 · Industrial Growth & Competition · Game Theory & Behaviour
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Quantitative & Empirical Reasoning
Regression modelling and hypothesis testing on real-world data, including econometric analysis of a large cross-country firm-level dataset on competition and innovation.
Econometrics 1 · Mathematics for Economics · Data Skills for Economics
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Technology & Development
How firms adopt AI and new technology and what it does to productivity, labour markets and competition, alongside how credit and insurance markets work in developing economies.
Economics of AI · Topics in Development Economics
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Macroeconomic Analysis
Growth, fiscal and monetary dynamics, inflation and open-economy frameworks: the macro perspective behind interest-rate regimes and global markets.
Macroeconomics · Principles of Economics

Experience

Professional exposure

Internships and professional simulations that have shaped my understanding of financial markets, credit analysis and corporate finance.

Intern — Commercial Strategy
July – August 2026
Mariverse AI, London
  • Supported deal structuring for Mariverse’s first commercial deal, with a Hong Kong-based shipping company, helping bring the startup’s AI maritime intelligence platform to its first client.
  • Researched the maritime software market and the competitive landscape around the platform, and modelled potential profits for the startup to inform its commercial planning.
Intern — Distressed Credit
August 2025
Kyma Capital, London
  • Gained exposure to distressed debt and special-situations investing, building understanding of capital structures, restructuring processes and value drivers across stressed and distressed credits.
  • Assisted in credit analysis on corporate issuers and sovereign entities across bonds, convertible securities and sovereign CDS.
  • Supported portfolio risk management activities, including position sizing, concentration limits and scenario analysis.
  • Developed broad exposure to multi-asset portfolio management spanning corporate and government bonds, sovereign credit, equities and global markets.
Intern — FIC, CEEMEA
July 2025
Deutsche Bank, London
  • Gained hands-on exposure to FX markets, trading strategies and risk management across precious metals, options, bonds, swaps and credit derivatives.
  • Assisted in structuring multi-entity cross-border solutions using total return swaps to mitigate USD liquidity constraints for onshore corporate clients.
  • Contributed to transaction proposals utilising NDFs and bond swaps to optimise client FX risk management while preserving host-country positions.
Intern — Corporate Finance
October 2022
Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance, London
  • Developed understanding of capital management, including pricing, markups and profitability analysis.
  • Built projected net profit per engine per year through to 2033, presenting findings and strategic recommendations to the CFO and Director of Sales & Marketing.
  • Contributed to Scope 3 emissions analysis and worked with Marketing to understand the interdependence between finance and commercial decision-making.

Professional Simulations & Certifications

EY
FAAS Job Simulation
Crafted fintech accounting-change proposals, diagnosed process gaps, deployed RPA and AI solutions, and produced ESG/CSRD-aligned advisory reports.
J.P. Morgan
Commercial Banking Virtual Experience
Executed credit, collateral and free cash flow analysis, built a 10-year financial model and delivered industry research in a simulated deal cycle.
TCS
ESG Certification
Completed an end-to-end sustainability consulting case covering needs analysis, solution benchmarking and fitment matrix for client-ready advisory.
PwC
Virtual Insight Programme
Explored emerging technology, data analytics, cybersecurity and digital marketing while engaging with PwC professionals across advisory functions.

Contact

Let’s connect

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Email
Aarya.Chabba.2024@live.rhul.ac.uk
Phone
+44 7979 820 834
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/aaryachabba