consulting founded 2002 key people linda s. huber evp & cfo of moody s g.v. mani ceo services investment banking equity research fixed income and credit research research production quantitative services market research analytics strategy services commercial lending direct lending business support training services number of employees 2500 parent moody s corporation website http www.copalamba.com copal amba 1 was formed when moody s acquired copal partners in 2011 2 3 and copal partners acquired amba research in 2013 4 creating a combined entity called copal amba . both copal partners and amba research had separately been ranked 1 by the black book . 5 6 copal amba provides investment banking equity research and m & a advisory services to the global financial and corporate sectors . these services include investment banking analytics investment research services across multiple asset classes including equities fixed income and credit and quantitative research market research risk analytics and business support in areas such as sales and marketing support regulatory compliance support and procurement support . 7 8 the company counts amongst its clients leading bulge bracket financial institutions fortune 100 corporations mid tier companies boutique investment banks and funds . 9 the firm has 2500 employees . the firm has delivery centers in gurgaon bangalore beijing costa rica prague and westchester . 10 it also has commercial offices in london new york hong kong and dubai . 11 copal amba s costa rica office has been ranked 9th in costa rica and 48th in central america and the caribbean in the 2014 great place to work central america and the caribbean survey . this is for the fourth consecutive year copal amba has been ranked by gptw as a best place to work . 12 contents 1 history 2 corporate social responsibility 3 references 4 external links history edit copal partners was founded in 2002 . joel perlman lse classmate of rishi khosla and an ex mckinsey consultant joined the company . erstwhile copal partners was started with seed money of 40 000 . 13 14 in 2008 copal partners acquired ex vo a market research company 15 in late 2008 copal partners formed a joint venture with ubs ag & ethosdata 16 17 in late 2011 the moody s corporation a nyse listed credit ratings and financial information company part of the berkshire hathaway group acquired a majority stake in erstwhile copal partners 18 19 20 in 2013 copal partners acquired amba research thus creating copal amba 21 in 2014 moody s completed acquisition of remaining stake in copal amba 22 corporate social responsibility edit copal supports philanthropic work in asia offering charity research . 23 24 additional citation needed copal amba csr initiatives are selected based on the changing needs of each local community . copal amba runs community trusts like sparsh and spreading smiles wherein employees are encouraged to play leading roles and actively participate in various social projects . references edit copal amba home page . moody s press release . timmons heather 2011 11 14 . moody s buys majority stake in indian research firm . new york times . moody s acquires investment research firm amba investment services . the economic times . 2013 12 11 . copal partners named 1 global investment research and analytics kpo by the black ... . reuters . 2008 07 01 . amba research ranks among top 3 kpo service providers . business standard . copal amba service offerings . copal amba . acquisition bolsters copal partners to create a leading outsourcer to corporate finance investment research and asset management customers . business wire . copal amba supports more than 200 institutional clients . moody s analytics . copal amba offices . copal amba offices . copal amba costa rica great place to work . copal partners was started up with just 40 000 . the guardian . history of copal amba . moody s analytics . exevo . exevo . ethosdata is part of copal amba . ethos data . ethosdata appoints head of china office . pr news wire . moody s corporation acquires majority stake in copal partners . the telegraph . calcutta india . 2014 04 25 . moody s buys majority stake in copal partners . institutional investor . ratings agency moody s corp. buys research firms . bloomberg businessweek . moody s acquires amba investment services . moody s press release . moody s completed acquisition of remaining stake in copal amba . charity research comes of age as donors look for results . the economic times . philanthropy in india needs to be more strategic . the economic times . external links edit http www.bloomberg.com video 80346676 copal partners sees significant customer growth.html http www.reuters.com article 2008 07 01 idus117313 01 jul 2008 bw20080701 http www.oneworldtrust.org csoproject images documents inda5.pdf http www.businesswire.com news home 20060725005551 en indias charity sector increased transparency greater focus retrieved from https 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