9.1 Investment Research Use Cases

Fundamental Analysis

  1. Generate a Research Report with Copilot Chat

  2. Analyse Investment Themes from Annual Reports

  3. Earnings Call Analysis: Automated extraction of key metrics, guidance, and management sentiment from earnings transcripts

  4. Financial Statement Comparison: Side-by-side analysis of financial statements across multiple periods or companies

  5. Management Commentary Tracking: Monitoring changes in executive language and focus areas over time

  6. Competitive Intelligence: Identifying competitive positioning, market share discussions, and strategic shifts

  7. Risk Factor Evolution: Analyzing how disclosed risks change over reporting periods

  8. Capital Allocation Insights: Tracking management discussions on dividends, buybacks, and investment priorities

  9. Guidance Pattern Recognition: Identifying patterns in how companies guide vs. actual performance

Quantitative Research

  1. Sentiment Analysis for Trading Signals: Extracting sentiment indicators from large document sets

  2. ESG Factor Extraction: Quantifying ESG metrics mentioned across company documents

  3. Supply Chain Relationship Mapping: Identifying supplier-customer relationships from disclosures

  4. Alternative Data Integration: Combining alternative data with document intelligence

  5. Event-Based Backtesting: Historical analysis of market reactions to specific document disclosures

  6. Peer Group Construction: Data-driven identification of true competitors beyond standard classifications

Portfolio Management

  1. Portfolio Company Monitoring: Automated alerts on key developments across holdings

  2. Thematic Exposure Analysis: Measuring portfolio exposure to emerging themes or trends

  3. Risk Concentration Detection: Identifying common risk factors across portfolio companies

  4. Investment Committee Preparation: Automated briefing materials for investment decisions

  5. Due Diligence Acceleration: Rapid analysis of target company documents for M&A or investment

  6. Post-Investment Monitoring: Tracking KPIs and performance metrics after investment

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