Feb 06, 2007
“Institutional investors use research differently and therefore value different aspects of research. ‘Investars Insight’ enables each institution to evaluate and manage research based on its own criteria and needs.” said Kei Kianpoor, CEO of Investars. “We are flattered to be chosen as Goldman Sachs’ solution provider in our space and look forward to providing Goldman Sachs’ sophisticated but diverse client-base with the industry’s most robust fully customizable research management and evaluation solution.”
“’Investars Insight' will appeal to investors interested in customizable research evaluation and delivery,” said Michael Sanders, Managing Director of Goldman Sachs. “Through ‘Investars Insight’ we can provide our clients with access to a universe of alternative valuation methodologies and investment opinions, which can be tracked for their relevance and accuracy, in one integrated package customized according to the investment style and mandate of each institution.” Goldman Sachs has made a minority investment in Investars.
Insight is composed of various building blocks that can be used either independently or in a fully scaled, end-to-end solution. Some institutional investors may value Insight’s customizable broker-vote system, or its data visualization and decision support tools. Others may find more value in Insight’s customized internal and external research performance measurement metrics, its cutting-edge knowledge management and data-visualization system, or its integrated expert network content aggregation and evaluation tools.
“Insight’s analytics also provide investors with intelligence into the fundamental characteristics, styles and most importantly the value propositions of some of the world’s top alternative research providers.” said John Eagleton, President of Investars. “Depending on their specific needs clients may use Insight on a standalone basis, or opt for bundled consulting services from relevant experts to facilitate the rollout of a custom-tailored product.”
Investars Insight’s integrated internal and external research evaluation metrics, permission-based research delivery platform, data visualization, teleconferencing and knowledge management features make it a valuable proposition to not only institutional investors, but also research content providers interested in fully articulating the value of their products as it pertains to the investment style, mandate and needs of each institutional client.