Expand Your Investment Universe
Powered by Andrey, the AI Analyst
Explore a new way to invest in Japan and Emerging Markets
Mission
We expand investment opportunities in global equities markets for institutional investors by enabling analysis of companies that are considered "out of reach" using traditional fundamental analysis.
Challenges
Barriers faced by today’s international institutional investors
The Language Barrier
In over 3,700 publicly listed companies in Japan, less than 20% of them publish financial results and management guidance in English. For small and mid-cap companies, this ratio is even lower. Without fluency in Japanese, overseas investors cannot directly understand the performance of these companies and must rely on large sell-side firms with expertise in Japan.
Sparse Sell-Side Coverage
Of over 3,700 publicly listed companies in Japan, approximately 600 companies are not followed by any sell side firm, and approximately 1,400 companies are tracked by only a single sell side analyst. Furthermore, sell side reports in English are even rarer. As a result, overseas investors cannot include these companies in their investment universe even if they are an interesting alpha-generating opportunity.
Regulatory Changes
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), a recent European regulation, is reshaping the way equity research is distributed and consumed in Europe and in other markets. This regulation is anticipated to cause a downward pressure on the number of companies covered by existing sell side firms. Japan and Asia-Pacific markets will not be insulated from the impact of MiFID II, which will further reduce coverage of these markets by existing sell-side firms going forward.
"Most small-cap Japanese companies are 'out of reach' for the wider investment community. This opens up many opportunities for investors who can properly access this segment of the market."
Daniel Brandt, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Americas
A New Paradigm
Reimagine international equity research with the power of artificial intelligence
Andrey - AI Analyst
Meet the world's first AI analyst, Andrey. Andrey is built with the latest artificial intelligence technology developed by researchers from MIT and Harvard.
24 Hour Monitoring
Andrey crawls and monitors the web 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to detect the latest quarterly / annual results from companies and relevant news articles.
Identify Key Sections
Andrey reads processes the new financial results using natural language processing (NLP) techniques and identifies key segments of the reports to summarize and translate in seconds using machine translation.
Powered by Deep Learning and Bayesian Learning
Andrey is powered by the latest, cutting-edge AI technologies – Deep Learning models and Bayesian inference techniques, which are inspired by biological processes of neural networks and human cognition.
Projects & Valuations
Based on the historical financial results of the company as well as its industry peers, Andrey makes financial projections including revenue, earnings, and cash flow. Based on these projections, Andrey builds customizable DCF valuation models.
Summary Report
Based on the latest results, management discussions, and a historical financial database, Andrey produces customized summary reports in English (or another preferred language) for companies that you track.
Why Andrey?
Coverage
Unprecedented, comprehensive coverage of over 3,700 publicly listed companies in Japan (additional markets coming soon!)
Speed
In contrast to human analysts and translators, Andrey processes and translates company results at a breakneck speed of 2 - 3 seconds.
Cost
Andrey provides these benefits at a fraction of the cost of subscribing to a sell side analyst.
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