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Delivering Actionable Insights, Advancing the Investment Process Through Strategic Analysis
Our Research Points the Way to Success!
Smith’s Research & Gradings provides comprehensive and independent conflict-free credit analytics. Since 1992, Smith’s Research & Gradings has built and maintained a database of information that allows for the consistent application of principles across borders and throughout the global markets. Smith’s Research & Gradings’ risk platform has delivered predictive gradings for more than 30 years. Smith’s Research constantly works to improve its methodology to reflect a changing world and improvements in our understanding about risk.
PUBLISHED REPORTS
Our analysis is an indispensable resource on Wall Street, with an extensive collection of publications that offer deep expertise and insight into financial and market trends.
CUSTOM RESEARCH
We offer fully tailored intelligence solutions to meet the unique business requirements of any size organization. For example, Smith’s Sentinel system has provided real-time surveillance capabilities and pushed predictive analytics for events as slow moving as droughts or as fast moving as terrorist attacks.
ROBUST METHODOLOGY
Smith’s Research & Gradings has constantly worked to improve its methodology since 1992. We reflect a changing world and improvements in understanding about risk. Smith’s Research & Gradings methodology provides insights into a process rather than an unchanging criteria. Smith’s Research & Gradings has established an outstanding track record by helping our clients’ investment management programs protect the reliability of their performance.
EXPERTISE
Why use Smith’s Gradings? Because Smith’s Research has documented over $100 bln. (par) of Municipal bond defaults in the past decade. It’s not just the risky high-yield credits that need your special attention – changes to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code makes perfection of revenue and G.O. bondholder rights almost impossible in some states. Smith’s Gradings reflect a loss and recovery experience that has produced criteria with very dramatic differences.
Smith's Team Was a Finalist in the UN Climate Change and MIT Climate CoLab "Solve" Contest for Climate Change Solutions.
Smith’s team was named one of five finalists from teams representing 147 different countries in the MIT Climate CoLab “Solve” Contest for Climate Change Solutions. Terence Smith, CEO of Smith’s Research & Gradings, led his team in presenting their CO2 Waste Heat Exchange Model at the United Nations in a worldwide session.
Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration
Smith’s participated in the RECS Program (Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration). RECS is the premier carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) education and training experience in the U.S. RECS is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory. The RECS network represents the nation’s best-in-class in the CCUS field.
Smith’s Chief Economist working with CSIS to create a Caribbean Development Plan
Smith’s Chief Economist, Scott MacDonald, is working with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) to create a Caribbean Development Plan. His thought leadership is being sought at international presentations as well as closed door consultations with Presidents and members of the U.S. and foreign diplomatic corp.
