Market Intelligence Designed for Professional Investors
Behind every trade is a bigger picture. Our research connects macro themes, micro flows, and investor behavior – giving you context that sharpens execution and strategy.
The Barriers Between Raw Market Data and Real Institutional Insight
Markets generate endless data, but without context, much of it distorts rather than informs. These challenges quietly erode performance and make decisions harder than they should be.
Information overload slows decisions
Data floods in from every direction – feeds, reports, research, and platforms. Without the right filters, critical insights get lost in the noise, leaving decisions slower, riskier, and less informed than they should be.
Research that consumes more than it produces
Collecting, cleaning, and validating data can consume entire teams before real analysis even begins. What should be focused, strategic work often becomes a tedious cycle of chasing sources and fixing errors.
Limited access to reliable market data
Quality data isn’t evenly distributed. Without the right connections, investors face blind spots in liquidity, flows, and sentiment – missing context that competitors may already be acting on.
Struggling to separate signal from noise
Not all data is relevant and treating every datapoint as equal "could lead" to false signals. The real challenge is cutting through distraction to identify insights that truly guide portfolio decisions.
What You Gain When Market Intelligence Is Built For Professional Investors
You need intelligence that cuts through noise, not more data to manage. Reliable insight means faster decisions, fewer blind spots, and a clearer view of where risk and opportunity truly lie.
That’s the standard we hold ourselves to.
Proprietary pairs trading model built on advanced statistical analysis of European and US equities, delivering relative value trade ideas with clear, actionable signals.
Event-driven insights that track corporate actions, regulatory filings, and market reactions, giving you a sharper view of risks and opportunities as deals unfold.
Merger arbitrage analysis that evaluates terms, conditions, and deal structures, highlighting probabilities and scenarios for each deal.
SPAC arbitrage monitoring with a bespoke database of issuance terms, trust values, and deadlines, identifying inefficiencies that often remain under-researched.
Unique trade angles that connect macro, geopolitical, and sector trends with data to reveal both upside and downside perspectives.
How Market Intelligence Moves From Idea To Insight
Every stage of the process turns raw data into usable intelligence – filtering noise, generating evidence, and delivering insights that guide real decisions when they matter most.
Initial consultation & needs assessment
Every engagement starts with listening. You outline your objectives, markets of focus, and the decisions you need to support. This step ensures intelligence is aligned to your strategy, with scope clarified upfront so output is relevant from the very first stage. By clarifying scope upfront, we create a foundation for work that’s relevant from the first output onward.
Proposal & scope definition
Once objectives are mapped, the scope is defined in detail – asset classes, geographies, timelines, and reporting preferences. This collaborative step ensures the work aligns with how you operate day to day. Clear scope avoids wasted effort, speeds delivery, and ensures the intelligence fits seamlessly into your process.
Data sourcing & monitoring
Data is drawn from proprietary models, corporate filings, regulatory feeds, and market flow tracking across Europe and the US. Continuous monitoring replaces static snapshots, so signals aren’t lost between reporting cycles. This systematic sourcing ensures the analysis rests on both breadth and accuracy of inputs.
Analysis & insight generation
Data alone isn’t enough. At this stage raw information is tested through statistical models and practitioner judgment. Pairs are backtested, deals stress-tested, and catalysts evaluated against market history. This stage filters noise and transforms data into insights that challenge assumptions, confirm theses, or surface contrarian opportunities others overlook.
Report generation & customisation
Findings are shaped into formats that fit your workflow – flash notes for quick reads, detailed deal reports, or pairs model outputs. Delivery is tailored to your preference – whether it’s a one-page summary, a full report, or a set of slides you can take straight to stakeholders.
Client utilisation & feedback
Once reports are in hand, you put them to work – whether validating a thesis, adjusting a position, or briefing a board. Feedback is encouraged so analysis remains relevant. Over time, coverage adapts to your style, ensuring output stays sharp and actionable.
Data sourcing & monitoring
Data is drawn from proprietary models, corporate filings, regulatory feeds, and market flow tracking across Europe and the US. Continuous monitoring replaces static snapshots, so signals aren’t lost between reporting cycles. This systematic sourcing ensures the analysis rests on both breadth and accuracy of inputs.
We Know That Every Industry Demands Its Own Precision
Different investors carry different pressures – scale, regulation, liquidity, or speed. Insight tailored to those realities is what makes market intelligence truly valuable.
Asset managers
You’re expected to deliver consistent performance while balancing risk, regulation, and client expectations. Market intelligence supports this by surfacing differentiated trade ideas, offering context around corporate actions, and highlighting relative value opportunities that can withstand the review process across teams and committees.
Hedge funds
Your edge relies on speed, conviction, and access. When opportunities are crowded or time-sensitive, delays cost alpha. Intelligence focused on event-driven catalysts, deal probabilities, and liquidity shifts helps you act decisively, protect your positions, and spot trades that are often overlooked or misvalued in fast-moving markets.
Private equity & venture capital firms
Your focus is on deals, exits, and positioning for growth. Intelligence around merger arbitrage, SPAC structures, and sector flows provides early visibility into opportunities and risks. By linking data to strategic context, you gain insights that inform both investment decisions and negotiations with added clarity.
Family offices & wealth managers
You manage concentrated portfolios where every position carries weight. Intelligence that filters noise, tracks corporate events, and highlights unique trade angles gives you the ability to protect capital while capturing upside. Ultimately, it comes down to sharper information that helps you make better calls with long-term impact.
Insight Built Around your Priorities
Proprietary pairs trading model
Our pairs model systematically identifies relative value across equities in Europe and the US, highlighting mispricings that standard screens may overlook. By applying statistical rigor and trader judgment, it uncovers opportunities that can strengthen portfolio returns without relying on generic signals.
Merger arbitrage with depth
We break down deal terms, regulatory risks, and completion probabilities so you can approach merger spreads with clarity. Structured views test assumptions and provide a disciplined framework for evaluating outcomes before committing capital.
SPAC arbitrage opportunities
We monitor issuance, trust values, and redemption deadlines across US and international markets, alongside announced merger terms. This detailed tracking exposes arbitrage opportunities both pre-deal and post-announcement, giving you clarity in a space where many investors still rely on partial data.
Geo-political, macro & market strategy flash notes
Data alone doesn’t deliver insight. Our flash notes combine deep analytical work, historical perspective, and a contrarian lens to uncover differentiated trade angles. By connecting macro, policy, and sector shifts, we provide intelligence that helps you position portfolios when uncertainty is at its highest.
Not All Market Intelligence is Built With Execution in Mind
FCS delivers independent, trader-led insights that reflect real-time flows and client needs, not generic commentary, so your decisions are guided by trusted intelligence.
Success Stories That Speak for Themselves
Built by Market Professionals, for Market Professionals Like You
Markets generate endless data, but insight requires context. Our team has spent years on trading desks where every decision depends on reading flows, sentiment, and liquidity in real time. That experience shapes the intelligence we share today – practical, independent, and grounded in the realities investors face every day.
Clarity in Data. Perspective in Insight. Confidence in Every Decision.
Spreads and prices tell only part of the story. The rest comes from flow, sentiment, and the judgment of traders who have lived these markets. Delivered independently and discreetly, the intelligence we share is grounded in real experience clients can act on.