The amount of data the world is creating has exploded in recent years. Data analysis has huge potential to inform investment decisions, but that’s easier said than done. Not all data is useful, so it’s vital to identify which data points are relevant for each investment case.
We manage our global listed infrastructure strategy according to a bottom-up approach, picking stocks based on our fundamental analysis. But data plays a big role in increasing the efficiency of our process, helping us identify opportunities more quickly and informing our discussions with company management teams so we can be sure we’re asking them the right questions. It also helps us identify risks that companies might be exposed to.
Taking data usage to the next level
Of course, other companies use data in their investment processes too, but we believe the granularity of the data we use sets us apart, as does the way we are able to visualise it through customised dashboards, especially at the asset level. This makes it easy to link our data analysis into our investment process and valuation models.