In today’s fast-changing political environment, public policy impacts can significantly shape financial markets. Our policy and legal research help institutional investors and wealth managers stay ahead of legislative, regulatory, and judicial changes that drive market trends, allowing you to manage risk and discover alpha-generating opportunities.
Identify opportunity and risk driven by public policy and the courts
Public Policy & Legal Research: In-Depth Market and Regulatory Insights
Trusted Public Policy Insights for Over Five Decades
Delivering timely, actionable intelligence on public policy shifts at federal, state, and local levels
50 Years of Policy Research Excellence
With five decades of experience, we provide insights on how legislative changes impact key sectors like healthcare, energy, and defense.
Timely Insights for Regulated Industries
We deliver early insights on policy shifts in heavily regulated industries, helping clients stay ahead of market changes.
Analysts with Deep Sector Expertise
Our team of experienced analysts, including former attorneys and policy advisors, offers expert insights across various sectors.
Comprehensive Policy and Legal Analysis for Key Sectors
How Washington Analysis combines data, expert contacts, and proprietary methods to deliver industry-leading research.
Comprehensive Coverage
Our in-depth coverage across the most heavily regulated sectors and market-impacting policy debates is complemented by our unique institutional expertise and experience in niche coverage areas, including:
- Courts & Litigation
- Defense, Aerospace, and Foreign Policy
- Energy and Utilities
- Financial Services and Housing
- Healthcare
- Politics and Major Legislation
- Tax and Trade
- Telecommunications, Media, and Technology (TMT)
- Special Situations
- M&A
Expertise
Our seasoned policy analysts bring unique institutional expertise and experience in a broad range of asset classes and coverage areas. With an average tenure of more than 15-years with the firm, our team features former attorneys, lobbyists, congressional staff, journalists, and fundamental analysts, many having careers that span both the public and private sector from Capitol Hill to Wall Street.
Propriety Approach
Our unique methodology gathers input from multiple proprietary and public sources to produce insightful opinions on the impact of policy changes.
Policy Contacts & Sources
Our analysts have an extensive network of decisionmakers, experts, and influencers at both federal and state levels.
Primary News & Data Sources
We draw insights from data acquired through countless primary news and subscription based sources.
Analyst Expertise
Our long-tenured team of analysts bring a unique institutional expertise with careers spanning both the public and private sector from Capitol Hill to Wall Street.
Research Opinion
We only publish research when we have a strong conviction and point of view on an issue, industry, or sector.
Our Latest Policy and Legal Research Insights
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Why Investors Rely on Washington Analysis
Providing deeper insights into political risks and opportunities to inform investment strategies.
Idea Generation
Identify investment opportunities tied to regulatory shifts.
Risk Management
Understand and mitigate policy-related risks in your portfolio.
Custom Research
Engage directly with our analysts for tailored insights into sectors and policies affecting your investment.
Written Research Distribution
Receive reports via e-mail, through our RaaS API solution, or through third-party platforms, including Bloomberg and FactSet.
Direct Access to Analysts
In-person or virtual meetings with our analysts and access to our Policy Help Desk.
Conference Calls and Events
Ongoing exclusive calls and in-person events featuring our analysts alongside industry and policy experts.
Custom Research Projects
Fully customized research projects and policy insights tailored to your specific needs and interests.
Non-correlated, alpha-focused legal insights
Finding non-correlated alpha opportunities for event driven investors
Our team of legal experts assess legal and regulatory risk and identify potential mispricings related to major patent, litigation, crisis, and regulatory events.
Multi-disciplined Approach
We combine legal and financial disciplines to identify uncorrelated alpha opportunities and advise institutional investors on legal and regulatory matters important to investment decision making.
Legal Expertise
In addition to legal expertise, our team combines buy-side experience and a shared heritage with forensic accounting, utilizing an exception-based approach to identify unknown or unappreciated legal risks and opportunities.