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Country Intelligence built to put a rating in its national context.

SYNE combines political, social, market, regulatory, policy and economic signals into a single country-level view - the backdrop every SYNE rating is read against, from an election result to an unemployment print.

6 Signal categories combined
Continuous Monitoring cadence
71 Countries licensed
Political, social, market, regulatory, policy & economic signals in one view
Built on primary data, not a single sovereign score
Real-time election & policy-shift monitoring
Benchmarked against the SYNE Index
What's included

From an election result to an unemployment print, in one view.

Country Intelligence combines political, social, market, regulatory, policy and economic tracking into a single view - built for teams who need the national backdrop, not just the entity in front of them.

Political & Legislative Tracking

Elections, government transitions and legislative activity tracked as they develop.

Social & Civic Monitoring

Non-political factors - demographic shifts, civil society dynamics and social stability.

Market Condition Analytics

Pricing, demand signals and sector volatility specific to a jurisdiction.

Regulatory Environment Scoring

The pace of rulemaking and enforcement posture in a given market.

Policy Direction Tracking

Fiscal, monetary and industrial policy shifts that change the operating backdrop.

Economic Indicator Feeds

Unemployment, inflation and growth data that contextualise every rating in the country.

SYNE Country Framework

Four categories. One country-level signal.

Every Country Intelligence signal is built from four broader categories - Political, Social, Market & Regulatory, and Economic - so a single country view never hides which category is actually driving it.

P

Political Risk

Elections, transitions and legislative activity that shift policy direction.

  • Election & Transition Tracking
  • Legislative Activity Monitoring
  • Geopolitical Alignment
  • Policy Reversal Alerts
S

Social Risk

Non-political conditions that shape a country's operating environment.

  • Demographic Shift Tracking
  • Civil Society Monitoring
  • Social Stability Indicators
  • Migration & Labour Trends
M

Market & Regulatory Risk

The conditions and rules a rated entity actually operates under.

  • Sector Volatility Tracking
  • Rulemaking Pace
  • Enforcement Posture
  • Cross-Border Comparison
E

Economic Risk

The macro indicators that contextualise performance within a country.

  • Unemployment & Inflation
  • Growth & Output Tracking
  • Fiscal Position Monitoring
  • Currency & Trade Balance
End to end

From national data to a country-level signal.

Country Intelligence is delivered as a live feed, combining scheduled data refreshes with continuous election and policy-shift monitoring.

01
Aggregate

National Data & Filings

Political, social, market, regulatory and economic data ingested per country.

02
Classify

Score by Signal Category

Each signal classified into political, social, market, regulatory or economic risk and mapped to the country profile.

03
Monitor

Track Policy & Election Cycles

Elections, policy shifts and legislative activity tracked continuously as they develop.

04
Apply

Feed Country Context Into Ratings

Feeds directly into how SYNE analysts weigh an entity's performance against its national backdrop.

Who uses Country Intelligence

Built for anyone who has to weigh a market, not just an entity.

Country risk is usually assessed in fragments, by different teams, on different cycles - Country Intelligence puts it in one view.

Investors & Asset Managers

Weigh country risk before allocating across markets.

Sovereign & Public Sector Teams

Benchmark national performance against comparable markets.

Corporates & Multinationals

Plan market entry and expansion around country-level risk.

Insurers & Underwriters

Price country risk into cross-border coverage.

Trade & Export Credit Teams

Assess counterparty-country risk on trade financing.

Advisory & Consulting Teams

Brief clients on country risk ahead of market decisions.

Why Country Intelligence matters

Political, economic and regulatory risk are usually tracked in fragments - and rarely at the same time.

An investor can model currency risk without seeing the election that's about to move it. A corporate can plan an expansion without seeing the labour policy shift already underway. Both are working from a partial picture - and the risk that actually materialises is often the one sitting in the gap between the two.

Silos

Why country risk gets assessed in fragments

Political, economic and regulatory risk are usually tracked by separate teams, or separate vendors entirely.

Correlated risk

What it means for cross-border investors

A currency shift, an election and a regulatory change are rarely independent events - seeing them together surfaces risk earlier.

Speed

What it means for fast-moving markets

A government transition can move faster than any scheduled country review - continuous monitoring closes that gap.

The signal

What the intelligence actually tells you

Which category - political, social, market, regulatory or economic - is actually driving country-level risk right now.

Methodology

What separates SYNE Country Intelligence from a sovereign index.

Four principles run through every country signal, from a single market check to a portfolio-wide country sweep.

Foundation

Built on primary national data

Every signal traces back to primary political, economic or regulatory data - not a blended index alone.

Speed

Tracked continuously

Elections and policy shifts are tracked as they develop, not on an annual country-review cycle.

Independence

Regulatory-grade independence

Operating under the same independence standards as every SYNE Rating, with the methodology published.

Transparency

Category stays visible

A country signal always shows whether it's political, social, market, regulatory or economic in origin.

Intelligence vs. a rating

Country Intelligence is context, not a sovereign rating.

A SYNE Rating judges one entity in depth. Country Intelligence is the backdrop SYNE analysts use to judge whether that entity's performance is ahead of, in line with, or behind its own market.

The distinction

Context, not a sovereign rating

Country Intelligence doesn't replace a sovereign credit rating - it's the backdrop every SYNE rating is read against.

Update cadence

Continuous, not annual

Political, market and economic tracking runs continuously; it doesn't wait for an annual country review.

Delivery

Dashboard, API, or alerting

Accessible as a live dashboard, an API feed into portfolio systems, or threshold-based alerting.

Integration

Feeds every SYNE Rating

Directly informs how ESG, Sustainability and Carbon Ratings are read against their national backdrop.

Customisation

Weighted to your footprint

Tracked countries and categories can be scoped to where your portfolio or operations actually sit.

Recognition

Referenced across 71 licensed markets

Used by investors, corporates and advisory teams across every market SYNE is licensed in.

Global coverage

Country signals tracked across 71 licensed countries.

Country Intelligence covers every market SYNE is licensed in, plus the markets where we operate directly while licensing is completed.

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Each mark represents active tracking in one jurisdiction

See the country context behind your exposure.

Talk to our team about the markets you operate in and what Country Intelligence would surface.