9.1 Investment Research Use Cases
Fundamental Analysis
- Generate a Research Report with Copilot Chat 
- Analyse Investment Themes from Annual Reports 
- Earnings Call Analysis: Automated extraction of key metrics, guidance, and management sentiment from earnings transcripts 
- Financial Statement Comparison: Side-by-side analysis of financial statements across multiple periods or companies 
- Management Commentary Tracking: Monitoring changes in executive language and focus areas over time 
- Competitive Intelligence: Identifying competitive positioning, market share discussions, and strategic shifts 
- Risk Factor Evolution: Analyzing how disclosed risks change over reporting periods 
- Capital Allocation Insights: Tracking management discussions on dividends, buybacks, and investment priorities 
- Guidance Pattern Recognition: Identifying patterns in how companies guide vs. actual performance 
Quantitative Research
- Sentiment Analysis for Trading Signals: Extracting sentiment indicators from large document sets 
- ESG Factor Extraction: Quantifying ESG metrics mentioned across company documents 
- Supply Chain Relationship Mapping: Identifying supplier-customer relationships from disclosures 
- Alternative Data Integration: Combining alternative data with document intelligence 
- Event-Based Backtesting: Historical analysis of market reactions to specific document disclosures 
- Peer Group Construction: Data-driven identification of true competitors beyond standard classifications 
Portfolio Management
- Portfolio Company Monitoring: Automated alerts on key developments across holdings 
- Thematic Exposure Analysis: Measuring portfolio exposure to emerging themes or trends 
- Risk Concentration Detection: Identifying common risk factors across portfolio companies 
- Investment Committee Preparation: Automated briefing materials for investment decisions 
- Due Diligence Acceleration: Rapid analysis of target company documents for M&A or investment 
- Post-Investment Monitoring: Tracking KPIs and performance metrics after investment 
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