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How do you shift from asking whether financial statements are “true and fair” to asking whether you would commit capital today? In our new blog, Cambridge MFin student and ACCA-qualified auditor, Manisha Chuttoor BSc, ACCA, reflects on how the Equity Research Project (ERP) helped her move from audit into the mindset of an equity analyst: ✅️ Covering Oracle in a sector she had not worked in before, cloud infrastructure and SaaS. ✅️ Building a DCF valuation, testing assumptions on growth, margins and CapEx and cross-checking against market multiples. ✅️ Using sensitivity analysis to understand what really drives value and the robustness of her thesis. ✅️ Pitching an overweight recommendation in four minutes to a panel of buyside professionals and Cambridge faculty, then fielding challenging questions in real time. ✅️ Learning to work as part of an investment-style team under tight deadlines over the December break. For Manisha, the ERP delivered more than a grade: it gave her the confidence that she can enter a new sector, learn fast and stand behind a well-argued investment case. 🔗 Read Manisha’s full story: https://buff.ly/QGlUEAp #EquityResearch #Valuation #FinanceProfessionals #StudentExperience