Independent Research Provider Members

Absolute Strategy Research Limited is a specialist financial consultancy that is dedicated to providing high quality macroeconomic, equity strategy and asset allocation research and advice to institutional investors around the world. As well as publishing regular investment strategy products, the firm also undertakes bespoke consultancy projects, and has an acknowledged expertise in the field of financial surveys. Contacts: Ian Harnett (ian.harnett@absolute-strategy.com) and David Bowers (david.bowers@absolute-strategy.com)

Analyse. Debate. Act. (ADA) is an independent macroeconomic and political research company specialist on Europe. ADA couples traditional rigorous econometric modeling with the proprietary data and intelligence on political changes and policy implementation, as well as proprietary information we collect on countries’ competitiveness in the corporate sector. ADA has developed its own methodology to monitor and forecast shifts’ in voters’ perception and voting intention. We have perfected this technique over the past two years and it consistently signaled anomalies in the more widely available opinion polls in all major political events since the UK EU referendum (2016), including the recent Italian election. We include the intelligence we gather from these exercises in our country monitoring and Europe Monitor publications. In every country that is routinely monitored by ADA in Europe, we maintain a regular dialogue with policy makers, small and medium sized non-financial corporations and voters (via our surveys on voters’ perception). This allows us to have a broad perspective on factors that affect economic growth and financial markets.

We are an independent ‘Agency Broker’ with traditional values and a focus solely on institutional clients. We specialise in sectors of the equity market where we feel we can add value with our highly rated analyst teams. We refuse to compromise our product with corporate business and therefore we are free at all times to recommend investment ideas. From 2010 our clients have enjoyed an unbiased and focused product which is clearly differentiated. We have experienced analyst teams covering the following sectors: Global Aerospace & Defence; European Capital Goods; UK Utilities; and European Quantitative Strategy. Each analyst maintains full financial models on every company covered and this is alongside company notes, daily sector updates, results analysis and sector themed notes. The key is our ability to be independent and therefore to write timely and thought-provoking research that clients find interesting. The absence of corporate clients allows us the freedom to concentrate solely on our institutional clients, leading to less biased, more balanced equity research.

Founded in 2007, AlphaValue is now the world’s leading provider of Independent European Equity and Credit Research, helping money managers to generate ideas and assess the risks and opportunities within their mid to large cap portfolios. Ranked #1 in Extel 2017, local teams of 30 leading analysts across Europe use a proprietary valuation model to offer a disciplined, consistent research framework. Clients benefit from direct access to our teams with personalized service and transparent pricing. The breadth of coverage – about 500 European companies - across 130 sectors and 17 countries, allows AlphaValue to provide insight on markets & sectors and highlight the best investment in Europe.

Established in 2001, Andrew Hunt Economics provides a global but focused flow of funds based approach to forecasting the likely evolution of key economic variables in the G20 and Asia. Prior to forming Andrew Hunt Economics, Andrew Hunt was the International Economist for Dresdner Asset Management.

Founded in early 2000 by experienced research professionals, Arete is the pioneer in independent equity research, and has the largest team of experienced analysts specialising in global technology, telecoms and alternative energy sectors. Arete is the trusted source of equity research, to over 150 of the world’s most sophisticated tech investors.

Autonomous Research LLP aims to be Europe’s leading independent research provider on banking and insurance companies. Our team has unrivalled industry knowledge, with over 180 years coverage of financial institutions. Our people have a proven track record of generating ideas and helping our institutional clients out-perform. This is evidenced by numerous industry awards over many years. We are 100% free from external control and constraint. We are a partnership owned by the staff – there are no outside investors. We will never offer investment banking services nor will we ever engage in proprietary trading activities. So we will be fully focused at all times upon servicing our institutional clients’ needs At Autonomous we are committed to excellence in research. Our teamwork will allow us to offer unique insights. We will search for the best ideas both across sectors – banks and insurers – and across asset classes – equity and credit.

Axio Quant is a quantitative analysis service for portfolio managers. We have innovated new factors, a unique perspective on the analysis of Value, and a proprietary sector allocation approach. The result is original proposition that brings investors high conviction, low turnover recommendations and fully systematic Conviction Buy & Sell Lists. We specialize in high touch portfolio analysis services for long-only and hedge fund discretionary Portfolio Managers, as well as comprehensive sector reviews for analysts and Heads of Research.

Established in 1990, BBSP is a leading independent technical research firm with a global presence servicing clients in over 20 countries. BBSP provides technical financial market analysis, consulting and strategy solutions exclusively to buy-side clients including the leading global investment banks, pension/asset management companies, hedge funds, and corporations. Our 20-strong team of experienced analysts consistently delivers award-winning, clear and actionable insights through a robust proprietary research process and unique methodology. Our research covers across all major investment asset classes and time horizon spanning from long term to intraday, with the goal of optimizing our clients investment performance globally. Our analysts accompany clients with personalized consulting and bespoke research services.

BCA Research is the leading independent provider of global investment research. Since 1949, BCA’s mission has been to support its clients in making better investment decisions through the delivery of leading-edge analysis and forecasts of all the major asset classes and economies, as well as educating, informing and stimulating discussion through clear and thought-provoking research. BCA provides its services to investment professionals and multi-national corporations across six continents through a wide range of products, services and meetings. The firm maintains a head office in Montreal, with local offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Sydney, Cape Town and São Paulo.

Trevor Neil started as a financial professional over 40 years ago and is regarded as one of Europe's leading technical analysis experts. In 2003 Trevor founded the BETA Group, offering consultancy to banks and funds around the world, as well as seminars to banking professionals. He has appeared on CNBC, IG TV, Bloomberg television and has written articles published in leading financial journals. BETA is an Accredited Training Provider for the CISI and he has courses which earn CE time for the CFA Institute.

Beyond Ratings is an independent Macro-financial risk services company dedicated to country and Sovereign risks. Our team of experts and analysts builds on our proprietary risk methodology and advanced indicators. We assess countries wealth, monitor their economic and financial performance and resilience to global risks, such as energy prices and climate change. Our clients use our services for risk management, investment advisory, financial engineering and reporting requirements. Our clients are pension funds, asset managers, infrastructure funds, development banks, commercial banks and insurers.

Camdor Global Advisors is a specialised investment advisory firm, providing investment and risk management services to institutional investors, especially those with liabilities.

We provide macro economic research alongside in-depth analysis into alternative asset classes. Our research is focussed towards identifying the key macro risks to pension funds and insurance companies. We produce macro research on a quarterly basis and in-depth studies into specific alternative asset classes semi annually. Please find at the bottom of this page several examples of our research and our most recent macro piece, a look at Deglobalisation 2.0.

Our research is fundamental to our wider business, we take a holistic approach to our projects and our research is the foundation of this approach. Whether it be dedicated research projects or for the wider business activities, we pride ourselves on innovative, focussed and original research which we believe adds value to our clients specific needs. Below are the areas we offer advisory services to our clients:

- Alternatives Asset Classes
- Sourcing & Structuring
- Capital and Regulatory Advice
- Investment Strategy
- Pension Buyouts
- Investment Research (white papers, on-going commentaries, etc)
- Fund Analysis Due Diligence + Manager Selection
- Governance- Risk Management
- Portfolio Management

Capital Alpha Partners, LLC is an independent research firm, providing public policy guidance and in-depth political analysis to institutional investors in North America, Europe & Asia. Based in Washington, DC, the team of eight senior analysts assesses the market significance of U.S. government activity affecting the financials, healthcare, industrials, energy, utilities, telecom, and consumer sectors. They also analyze fiscal policy, election risk, geopolitics, labor, and trade. Investors – whether Global PMs or industry analysts, short- or long-term holders – depend on Capital Alpha’s experienced, nonpartisan coverage of legislative activity, the regulatory process, budget data, and related politics to contextualize U.S. political developments.

Capital Economics is one of the leading independent economic research companies in the world. We provide country and regional research on the US, Canada, UK, Western Europe, Japan, China, India, Latin America, Emerging Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Emerging Asia, Australia and New Zealand. We also provide overview services covering the global economy and financial markets, and have dedicated services providing research on commodities and on the property sector.

We offer support to clients in their respective time-zones through offices in Toronto, New York, London, Singapore and Sydney. Our large team of more than 60 economists are available for personal contact via telephone and email, and also for presentations. In addition, we undertake bespoke projects and consultancy.

Founded in 2010, CM Research offers thematic research covering the global technology, media and telecom (TMT) industries. We help asset managers focus their time on the most interesting investment opportunities within global TMT. We do this by identifying multi-year investment themes and finding the companies that will be impacted by them, both positively and negatively. Our focus is on disruptive technologies. How will they unfold? Which industries will be impacted? And who will be the ultimate winners and losers? We cover the top 500 global technology, media and telecom stocks as well as smaller public or private emerging technology companies. Increasingly, we are expanding our coverage into other industries that will be disrupted by new technologies, such as Industrials, Healthcare, and Automobiles. Our clients include both generalists and TMT specialists. Our stock picks have consistently outperformed the Bloomberg Benchmark Ratings Index. Our thematic research aims is to address some of the inherent weaknesses in bottom-up, fundamental research.

Consumer Edge Research is a preeminent independent equity research boutique focused on the global consumer, including the consumer staples and consumer discretionary sectors. We generate non-consensus ideas combining uniquely thorough, fact-based, primary research with rigorous valuation analysis and perspective from years of covering our sectors. Our team has over 100 years of combined experience in the consumer and financial services industries. Our data are gathered both from global syndicated sources as well as primary research surveys, industry insights and other proprietary data collection. We offer a high level of service and responsiveness by keeping a focused client list.

Our offices are in London, New York and Singapore with 70 staff serving our clients globally.

We provide independent, global economic and market impact research helping clients to identify tomorrow’s macroeconomic trends today. Our content ranges from real-time data analysis to longer range macroeconomic, risk and scenario analysis.

Our proprietary, systematic, framework explores not only traditional flow variables but also balance sheet analysis—noting possible imbalances, vulnerabilities, asset mispricing and macroeconomic factors—covering over 170 economies around the world with proven application to equity markets most notably through our Roubini Barclays Country Insights investable equity indices

We complement that with award-winning real-time and shorter-range data/ technical analysis to challenge/confirm our longer-range forecasts and scenarios.

The combination, integrated and internally consistent, provides a unique service for clients helping them to set the longer-term direction of travel for their portfolios and informing their tactical decisions on how to get there

Costigan Reports Inc. is an independent and conflict-free North American equity research boutique based in Vancouver, Canada. We provide timely, actionable mid- and small-cap (between $1 billion and $10 billion) equity investment ideas to our clients on a monthly basis. The majority of our selections have limited coverage by the street. Ours is a mosaic approach. We first apply a fundamental bottom-up analysis of material public information and combine it with non-material, non-public information. We specifically seek out and endeavour to take advantage of market inefficiencies. We search for North American companies with specific attributes: strong operating cash flow, strong balance sheet, good corporate governance with a clearly defined capital deployment strategy, and a catalyst to move the stock higher over the near-term (one year) and the medium-term (three years).

CGI is an Independent Research Provider with focus on offering our select global institutional clients alpha return strategies ahead and beyond our competitors. Our differentiation from our competition lies in the high percentages of successful alpha enhancing investment ideas that we have delivered over the years to our clients, who have entrusted us to enhance their portfolio performance. Our research objective is to be more efficient in the selection of our recommendations, and target "winning strategies" rather than maintenance research.

Credit Rubric is an independent, comprehensive research, data and analytics platform for European sub-investment grade securities; we provide independent quantitative analysis combining financial performance, credit metrics and market pricing. We are a subscription only service for market professionals, founded by market experts and provide coverage of the full universe of Western European sub-investment grade securities.

CreditMarketDaily.com is an online resource that meets the need for insightful corporate bond market commentary and views, with content made available and easily accessible not purely through the banking sector. Our contributors are experts in their respective fields, enjoy vast experience of the markets and have a real passion for the sector. Dr Suki Mann is a veteran of the markets with over two decades under his belt. Ranked the number one European Credit Strategist in eight out of ten years in the Euromoney Analyst Survey, he shares his thoughts on the corporate bond market on a daily basis on the creditmarketdaily.com site.

CreditSights was founded by a group of analysts in September 2000, and the firm has grown from 8 original employees to over 120 worldwide. It has been recognized multiple times as the top independent credit research provider by Credit Magazine in the US and Europe. With its main offices in New York, London and Singapore, CreditSights is purely a research firm and does not underwrite securities or manage assets. Its research is distributed as a password-protected subscription service, and it has over 1,000 institutional clients based in the US, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia. Its active coverage universe includes around 1,000 of the most widely-traded names across 40 industries.

Denny Ellison provides bespoke equity research to asset managers. The research is written by a team of experienced analysts who have worked across several sectors and geographies. We do not publish the research that we write for clients, it is delivered only to the institution that commissioned it. Our mission is to help our clients meet their investment objectives by providing them with a completely customised equity research service.

Drewry, since 1970, has established itself as a firm with long history of credibility and expertise on the maritime industry. Leveraging our extensive market knowledge and understanding, we have extended our portfolio to deliver a truly independent investment research and advisory service on companies operating within the maritime industry. Across today's fast-moving capital markets you need sector experience and robust, impartial analysis to be confident of making well timed and informed investment decisions. We offer an independent financial research service, including structured advice to help you gain a clear and complete picture of the organisations and sectors under coverage.

Authorised by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide investment advice, we are uniquely positioned to provide a product that offers independent and unbiased analysis on organisations in the maritime and shipping industry.

We provide equity, credit and bespoke financial analysis in the following maritime sectors:

• Container shipping
• Port operators
• Dry bulk shipping
• LNG/LPG shipping
• Crude/product tanker shipping
• Non-operating owners

ECR Research sole aim is to provide you with research and advice to best suit your needs. No nonsense or jargon, but a crystal clear analysis of all that matters in the global financial markets enabling you to spend more time with your clients and on other core activities. ECR Research offers a high quality service at just a fraction of the cost of alternative, in-house and external, research solutions. ECR Research is privately owned and strictly independent and has no investment or trading activities.

Introduction video ECR Research https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbXj8vgOiDY

Web Demo ECR Research https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQD-tKJZN6U

Ekins Guinness uses a proprietary data-driven investment methodology to identify global investment opportunities in asset allocation, equity regions, sectors (globally and within different regions) and currencies. Our focus is on fundamental value and market trends/momentum which are independent of opinion, forecasts and emotion. This methodology acts as an "investment radar" which allows investment decision-making to be entirely objective. Every asset is given a Value Score and a Trend Score, which in turn generate a Total Score. These Scores, which indicate a numerical conviction level, are used to present Investment ideas, and are also put together in a rules-based approach to generate a number of different Model Portfolios.

Financiële Diensten Amsterdam (FDA) has been providing investment advice based on a combination of independent equity research and macroeconomic analysis to institutional investors since 1986. Our online research system contains detailed coverage for 34 countries and about 150 international blue chips with a focus on European and US stocks across 12 sectors. For every country the assessment of investment risks is reflected in an FDA rating. Company research includes daily news analyses, detailed financial estimates and comprehensive risk assessments based on peer analysis. In addition, an extensive sustainability assessment is available for all covered companies.

FDA is completely independent and free of potential conflicts of interests. Our customers pay directly for our advice and research. We do not have a brokerage arm or derive any revenue from the transactions of our clients. Neither do we have any business relationships with the companies that we cover. Moreover, FDA analysts are under contractual obligations not to hold personal positions in individual equities.

FuturesTechs, founded in 2000, provides daily technical commentary and levels to a wide range of market professionals covering all the world’s leading Futures markets as well as bespoke analysis on UK Equities. Traders, Brokers and Fund Managers rely on our concise daily analysis, utilizing amongst other things Candlestick Analysis, one of the specialties of Founder Clive Lambert, who has written a book on the subject. The reports cover EU and US Bonds and Equity Indices as well as Forex and a wide range of Commodities, including Carbon Emissions. The UK Equity product provides signals as well as individual trade recommendations. A free trial is available.

Geospatial Insight Limited is an independent research and intelligence provider based in London. Specialising in equity, commodity and property asset classes, Geospatial Insight use large scale quantitative and qualitative analysis of satellite imagery and data to generate their unique insights.

Weekly and fortnightly products are published for a range of commodities, providing clients with proprietary insights. Substantive research and consulting services are also delivered, to support due diligence of assets being considered for portfolio entry. Once under management, Geospatial Insight’s asset monitoring service informs trading strategies and timing.

Industry sectors include; Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing, Construction and Retail, particularly in frontier markets.

GiraffEquity provides panoramic corporate analysis. Our truly independent research covers the governance, strategy and financials of listed companies. We favour the long term over the short term and quality over quantity. We offer complementary products, be they the desire for in-depth knowledge, turning points or idea generation. We commit to being fair and accurate in our assessments. We endeavor to present our opinions in a clear and concise manner. GiraffEquity Research is particularly suitable for fundamental and bottom-up investors, especially those who need expertise in French midcaps and are not able to attend local financial events.

Green Street Advisors provides premium research and data on the Pan-European real estate markets to help clients optimise their investment decisions. Our unique approach to understanding and uncovering value in the listed and direct real estate space begins with an objective, unbiased view of ever-shifting global real estate markets.

Green Street Advisors are authorised and regulated by the FCA.

Harlyn is a specialist in probability-based investing. We create systematic investment strategies which produce superior returns over the medium term, on an absolute and risk-adjusted basis, and which typically have a smaller maximum drawdown than their benchmark. The strategies can be implemented as published or they can be used as a critique for portfolios which have been developed using other techniques. We have developed strategies for asset allocation in all major currencies, sector rotation in global or regional equity indices and US fixed income, and country selection globally and in Europe. Our clients have access to a wide range of diagnostic tools which are not included in the published research. We believe that our “sell discipline” is consistently powerful and effective. We frequently identify assets which are misbehaving before an explanation based on traditional techniques has become apparent.

Every active investment manager needs independent investment research to inform and challenge their views. Hiddensee has been formed by an experienced team of ‘buy’ and ‘sell’ side professionals to offer an independent UK equity research service focussed on Mid-Cap and Smaller Company (including AIM) shares. We do not undertake any corporate advisory work, offer any execution services or produce any corporately sponsored research; our research analysts have complete freedom to their own opinion. Our forensic research is tailored to the particular needs of Private Client Investment Managers (PCIMs) and smaller or more specialist institutions.

IDMidCaps was established in 2000 and is the French Leader in Independent Research on small and mid cap firms. Our business model is based on the sale of our service to institutional clients. This business model prevents us from any conflict of interest and our research is totally independent. We do not get any payment from the companies we analyze. Our product is aimed at institutional clients: asset management companies, brokers, venture capital companies, M&A bureaus. Via the website, our customers have access to an easy to use platform offering company profiles, news, fundamental financial analysis, historical data and forecast earnings, as well as peer groups and screening tools. We provide unbiased analysis through disciplined processes in compliance with laws and ethics. The research is produced by competent analysts with skill, care and integrity and it reflects the opinion of the author.

The Idea Driven Equities Analyses company (“the IDEA!”) is an employee-owned research boutique that was founded in 2007. The company provides idea-driven and bespoke research on the Dutch market to a restricted group of investment professionals. Because of it’s focus, the company has the same priority as it’s clients: good ideas that bring performance. The IDEA! refrains from any corporate business in order to guarantee it’s independent voice. The combination of independent research, in-depth knowledge of the Dutch market and entrepreneurial spirit make the IDEA! an ideal sparring partner when investing in the Netherlands.

Independent Minds is an independent research house specialising in European equities, with an emphasis on the Benelux. Our ideas are usually long term and often contrarian, and over the last decade they have collectively outperformed the benchmark significantly. The way we conduct our research has evolved over recent years to a role best described as sub-contract buy side, with quite a bit of time spent on special projects for clients or on governance issues. Our clients today pay by fees or CSAs. The company is regulated by the FCA, is incorporated in the UK, and also has a presence in the Netherlands.

Independent Strategy adds value to its clients by seeking out investment themes and opportunities, often challenging conventional wisdom. Independent Strategy means just that. Our research is based on a thoroughly objective view of the world as it is, not as some might like it to be seen. The characteristics of the research are independence of thought and a determination to focus only on money making ideas. This results in a totally fresh and original approach compared with the overwhelming volume of reports by brokerage houses.

Insight is the first sell side boutique dedicated to Global Infrastructure equity research. We leverage extensive equity research experience, industry knowledge and strong corporate relationships to produce differentiated independent research and provide new insights on stocks and the industry to global institutional investors. We provide clients with timely, concise and in depth reports based on detailed company and industry models. Our primary objective is quality of product and strictly limiting maintenance research allows us to focus in-depth on topics neglected by the market associated with a significant mis-pricing of shares. Coverage includes eighteen individual stocks across the Infrastructure sector in Europe and South America as of October 2016. We plan to expand our global coverage in a sector almost exclusively covered by regional analysts.

INTEGRAS is an independent, partner-owned, research boutique specializing in equity research. Founded by a team of experienced analysts, INTEGRAS seeks to provide in-depth company, sector and macroeconomic analysis as well as corporate access to assist the buy-side in the investment process. We have no ties to any brokerage, investment bank and asset management firm in any capacity. As such, we do not engage in any trading or corporate banking activity which we believe ensures full independence and a differentiated product offering. We specialize in Turkish stocks and Turkish macro picture.

Invescafe is Russia's first independent investment research firm, providing straightforward and topical analysis of the stock market and the economy. We offer coverage of companies representing all sectors of the economy irrespective of their market capitalization. Investcafe's customer base is made up of individual investors, whom we reach through our clients - Russia's largest retail brokers, major research aggregators and news terminals and through our website, which is among the most popular specialized investment research websites in Russia. Our analysts regularly appear in printed, digital and broadcast media and Investcafe is in the top-5 most quoted financial organizations in Russia.

iRes aims to add value to its institutional clients by providing thematic research and investment ideas. iRes combines in-depth political, macro, sector and equity analysis under a holistic approach to deliver executable investment decisions. Having Turkey as the primary focus, the firm also provides broad emerging markets strategies as well as investment assessments on client-specific areas on an exclusive basis. iRes has no direct or indirect connection with any brokerage firm, corporation, or government body. iRes is not a regulated entity.

Libra Investment Services operates an equity valuation and market timing process called Apollo. The system uses PE, PS, PEbitda, PCF and PBV as proxies for what the market 'knows' about a stock, thus determining what is driving value, where current and medium term value is, to what extent risk is being priced in and, ultimately, a Graham and Dodd style Margin of Safety analysis. Aggregating bottom up information to determine the same value and risk metrics for sectors and indices, Apollo generates ideas from a universe of 6,000 stocks globally, providing a highly visual representation of risk and reward.

Longview Economics is an independent macroeconomic research boutique. We provide three distinct yet related groups of research products: i) Trading Recommendations; ii) Investment Recommendations; and iii) Global Macro Analysis. Longview was founded in 2003 by Chris Watling (CEO & Chief Market Strategist) and over the last decade Longview has developed a diverse client base that includes: Financial Institutions; Hedge Funds; Fund of Funds Managers; Private Banks; Private Wealth Managers; Family Offices; and Asset Managers.

Lucror Analytics is an independent credit research provider focusing on European and Asian corporate high yield markets. Lucror was established in September 2010 in Singapore by experienced market professionals and has since been entrusted as a reliable research partner by some of the largest and most reputable participants in the high yield segment. Our institutional clients include asset managers, family offices, hedge funds, investment and private banks who recognize the value and distinct advantage that independent credit research instils in their investment and risk management decisions.

Macro Thoughts is independently researched and directed by Keith Grindlay, drawing on his considerable global macroeconomic investment, trading and strategy background. Extensive product knowledge across asset classes enables him to devise investment strategies that reflect expected market trends and his strong analytical skills, aligned with a particular aptitude for anticipating global economic events is globally recognised. Macro Thoughts’ track record assures exceptional results. The support and value offered, delivering written research and analysis, presentations and consulting services, is backed by over 25 years of hands on buy and sell side market experience and can be tailored to specific requirements on request.

Management Joint Trust is a Geneva based financial consultancy firm offering high value added financial graphics platforms to institutional and private investors. It was founded in 1969 by Edouard Owczarczak, a HBS Graduate, former Allied member of the NYSE and lecturer on financial markets for 20 years at the University of Geneva. Its traditional “Decider” institutional platform, on-line since 1984, provides Trend analysis, Targets calculation and Timing anticipation to asset managers and traders (global coverage, multi year to intraday). Its FinGraphs platform aimed at a wider audience delivers a simple methodology to monitor market trends, targets and market stress points.

Manalo LLP provides independent event driven research and advice to hedge fund managers and institutional investors on definitive and pre-announced mergers & acquisitions (M&A) transactions, as well as special situations surrounding non-M&A corporate events. With over 15 years’ experience in risk arbitrage and investment banking, we specialise in providing event driven research and advisory services on European risk arbitrage and special situations. Our subscription-based research service covers select M&A deals from every angle, with a particular focus on identifying and analysing the key upside and downside risks to a particular transaction.

MDB insights builds reports, research and analysis products based on the anonymised data collected by a UK consumer personal financial management tool, www.moneydashboard.com. These products provide a live view onto the spending behaviour of the UK consumer. We can provide market and merchant-specific information on basket size, market penetration, customer returns, promiscuity between brands and many other unique insights, for a variety of quoted equities.

Medley Global Advisors provides policy intelligence to institutional investors globally. Our locally based analysts interact with policy makers across all layers of central banks, governments, and supranational organizations. We have three teams covering G7 macro-policy, Emerging Markets, and Energy, where we combine written analysis with regular interaction with our analysts, and macro strategists who have decades of experience working in global financial markets. By identifying upcoming policy changes that are not priced by the market, we help our clients anticipate trigger points that create market moving opportunities. We are independent, and due to our global network we have an excellent understanding of the interplay between policy makers, financial markets, and the real economy on a global scale, which is so critical in the world of investing today.

The Messels approach to equity research consists of the study of market price action (technical analysis). We are able to explore and visualise relative momentum and the evolution of trends in sentiment on behalf of our clients.

Morningstar is a provider of independent equity, credit and fund investment research in Europe, North America, Australia, and Asia. Morningstar Equity Research team has the scale of a sell-side firm, both in terms of analysts (100 globally) as well as breadth of coverage (1400 companies across all sectors). Morningstar provides a unique equity research approach, with a focus on a long time horizon and aimed at identifying companies’ sustainable competitive advantages (economic moats) in order to determine the intrinsic value of a company. This approach is consistently applied across our entire coverage, and it’s proven to outperform in the long term. With this consistent focus on economic moats and intrinsic value applied across the global coverage universe, Morningstar’s equity research team offers institutional investors a truly differentiated research product.

MRB - The Macro Research Board is a privately-owned independent research firm providing integrated, global, multi-asset investment strategy as well as actionable, absolute-return ideas. Our views incorporate a long-term outlook based on in-depth theme research, together with rigorous forecasting models and indicators that drive 6-12 month asset market performance. MRB’s team of analysts and strategists leverage the firm’s robust research engine and their extensive experience to ensure that investment strategy is developed and articulated in an integrated, coherent and client-friendly manner. MRB is dedicated to producing high-quality research and being responsive to the needs of our clients.

Nau Securities Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. We are an independent, research-led firm with a focus on companies trading on the BM&F Bovespa and other Latin American stock exchanges. Our overriding objective as a firm is to help our clients to make informed, timely and ultimately profitable investment decisions. We are passionate about discovering investment opportunities for our customers and seek to meet their varied advisory service requirements by providing fundamental investment research on Latin American firms across five areas of the market, namely:

Banks

Conglomerates

Consumer

Infrastructure

Technology, Media & Telecommunications

We do not apply the firm’s capital to the stocks and investments that we recommend to our customers, so our success as a commercial enterprise is therefore dependent on our ability to add value to our customers through the quality of our advice and research. We believe that our customer orientated business model and the fact that our staff are shareholders, results in a natural alignment of interests with our clients; which in-turn represents the foundation of our independence as a firm.

Ned Davis Research helps investment management professionals make better decisions with unbiased, insightful and risk-appropriate quantitative indicators, strategy and analysis across asset classes. Founded in 1980 by Ned Davis, a noted market historian, NDR employs a unique 360° approach combining both fundamental and technical analysis. NDR also undertakes quantitative custom research projects for its clients. It has offices in Venice (US), Atlanta, Boston, London (UK), and San Francisco.

Neudata helps investment managers discover a wide variety of alternative data sources. Our expertise lies in uncovering datasets that are not available on established platforms and that often have limited awareness beyond Neudata. Unlike data brokers, Neudata does not sell data. Instead, our interests are aligned with our clients in finding sources that are most promising for alpha generation. Neudata’s value is in providing metadata and up-to-date objective research to investment managers through our ever-expanding network of data vendor relationships. As such, Neudata’s clients are often among the first in the industry to be made aware of new data launches.

New Street Research LLP is an independent research firm, specialising in producing equity and debt research in the pan European telecom services and cable sectors and the Healthcare sector. We offer a fresh approach to research. Our work is independent and conflict free, idea driven, and firmly focused on fundamentals and valuation. We produce no maintenance research, writing only when we think we can add value. Our principal aim is to assist our clients' investment decision making process. We have no business activities that conflict with our promise of independent research.

Now-Casting Economics Ltd. is a specialist economic forecasting business, publishing high frequency economic forecasting data from an automated platform. At the core of the business is an advanced statistical model, which was originally designed by two of the founders: Domenico Giannone and Lucrezia Reichlin.

The business, which started life in 2011, serves a variety of investment companies and other financial market participants around the world.

Omega Analysis' business is the robust engineering development of solutions to practical problems in finance backed by decades of experience in cutting edge mathematical sciences research. Our technology for risk management, trading strategy development, portfolio construction and performance analysis is based on Omega Analysis' fundamental research advances in mathematics and statistics. Omega Metrics® Market Intelligence makes Risk Cycle research available for applications ranging from early warning indicators of emerging bubbles, corrections and recoveries to trend analysis, risk management of investment portfolios and trading positions.

We are a group of highly technical Economists who recognise that uncertainty is a global problem that impedes growth. We partner with businesses (you) to carefully measure economic uncertainty and hence manage it, thus helping you understand the 'unknown', keeping your business growing rather than stalling. By doing this, we establish

demand and supply outlook amongst many other important aspects of business relevant information. We also provide 'what if' scenarios to understand the economic implications of Brexit. Our work takes advantage of technology developments by using behavioural Economics linked with data analytics to understand human tastes, reasons for purchase and changes in preferences, thereby getting your business ahead of the competition.

Orlock advisors is the publisher of Russell Napier quarterly macro-economic strategy report “Solid Ground”

The Solid Ground Quarterly Strategy Report is an analysis and commentary on the key macro-economic variables which impact asset markets. The reports focus on money and credit as key drivers of asset prices and emphasize the role of financial history in understanding how these factors will impact asset prices. The large quarterly reports are completed by biweekly update on the tactical positionings. Following each report’s distribution, an opportunity is provided to all recipients to join a general conference call with Russell to discuss its contents.

Providentia Advisory Services provides specialist global tactical asset allocation (GTAA) input to institutional investors, private banks, family offices and fund of hedge funds. This service harnesses the GTAA research at Providentia Capital to assist in the process of allocating across global markets, portfolio construction and currency overlays. In addition to regular meetings for bespoke asset allocation, a suite of easy to use GTAA models is available through our secure website, so as to enable clients to determine how changing relationships between markets affects the risk and return of their portfolios. We serve a select number of clients at any time so as to provide a high level of customised service.

Quant Insight delivers essential investment research -- the real-time fair values and key drivers of market securities.

QI deals in facts not opinions. It answers two key questions: ‘What’s driving my trade?’ and ‘What’s priced in?’

QI identifies trading opportunities across all markets, using algorithms that incorporate all available macro information and constantly adapt to new information.

QI is a quantitative analytical framework that combines broad macro experience, rigorous data engineering, cutting edge quantitative techniques and processing power.

QI was founded by two portfolio managers with over forty years of experience in all asset classes and across investing strategies.

The quantitative techniques have been generated with the help of academics from the University of Cambridge.

Key Features:
• Broad cross-asset coverage – FI, FX, Equities (index and single stock), Futures, Commodities, Credit
• Covers outright, RV and derivative asset classes
• Each security has drivers that are individually selected to fully understand its trading regime
• Customizable models and delivery
• Alerts on trading opportunities and live updates through the day as markets move

Radios is a global provider of advanced equity valuation analytics and software for investment managers, research analysts, corporate finance and corporate development professionals. With its ValueSimulator™ software suite Radios enables investment professionals to conduct all financial analysis within a single integrated framework while using existing data feeds from ThomsonReuters, Factset and Bloomberg or proprietary excel spreadsheets. Based in London and Frankfurt a team of senior finance, equity research and information technology professionals designs state-of-the-art technologies based on an ongoing research involving leading theorists and capital markets experts.

Independent provider of credit and high yield research.

Seven Days Ahead sells trading technical and fundamental trading information to banks, hedge funds and the wider community of expert private investors around the world. Our subscription-based publications cover all major FX markets, bonds, currencies, commodities and stock indices worldwide. Authorised and regulated by the UK's FSA we pride ourselves on independence and rigour derived from our analysts' many years trading experience.

Founded in 2004, Spread Research is one of Europe's Top 5 Independent Credit Research Providers (Credit Magazine Award). Covering over 200 High Yield corporate bond issuers, Spread Research’ s experienced analyst team is dedicated to providing independent credit research on European High Yield & Convertible as well as an increasing number of Emerging Market HY Corporate bond issuers (mainly sub-investment grade). Spread Research is known for producing positive results for its clients thanks to its model portfolios, investment recommendations and trade ideas. Our clients are mainly Buy-side investors based in the UK, Continental Europe and the USA.

Stockcube is one of the world’s leading providers of independent financial research. Our analytical services have been used by institutional and private clients for over forty years and cover all investment classes including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, currencies and commodities. We bring together a broad range of analytical and technical disciplines. Our indicators and techniques are recognised as industry standard and used by investors across the globe.

Storm Research began as the idea that long-term Japanese equity market experience, married to an inquisitive mind, creative energy & rigorous attention to detail, can produce thought-provoking research & outstanding performance.

We challenge our clients to think differently about companies & stocks.

We publish research that we believe in.

We expect our ideas to stand the test of time.

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TS Lombard is a globally renowned independent research provider with a formidable 28 year track record in providing actionable investment ideas driven by unique understanding of economics, politics and markets. Our economic and political analysis drives our asset allocation recommendations which are both strategic and tactical. We also provide thematic equity calls through TS Lombard Research Partners. TS Lombard was formed through the merger of Lombard Street Research and Trusted Sources in August 2016. The merger has brought together two of the leading, and longest established, IRPs to create a unique offering combining best-in-breed macroeconomic forecasting and political and policy analysis. The group has a team of 25 analysts and strategists across offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, Beijing, Sao Paulo and New Delhi.

WaveTrack International provides concise and specific updates on market trends and measured price amplitudes throughout varying interdependent time-intervals. We specialise in using a deterministic methodology known as the Elliott Wave Principle (EWP) to assess directional price movements within the product areas of stock indices, currencies, fixed income and certain main-stream commodities. We also conduct on-demand analysis for individual equities. The predictive qualities of the EWP are combined with our proprietary ‘ratio & proportion’ studies, assessment of positive/negative correlations and cycle analysis that builds from our database of over 300 years of price history. Clients include Asset Management Corporations, Pension Funds, Total/Absolute-Return/Hedge Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Corporate and Market-Making/Trading institutions and informed individuals. Our Institutional programme includes access to the EW-Forecast database with log-in/password, the monthly EW-Navigator, ‘The Week Ahead’ reports and direct connection to our analysts/strategists using the ‘Live Update Forum’.

xyandZee provides independent investment research covering the global equity income sphere - dividends paid and cash spent on share buybacks - from both a top-down thematic perspective and bottom-up individual company approach. We believe that far too much attention is paid to share price movements when, over the longer-term, it has been proven that returns have been provided by dividends, dividend growth and inflation. The notion of a reinvested and compounding dividend stream seems lost to many, and that’s a real shame.