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.
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.
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.
Political Risk
Elections, transitions and legislative activity that shift policy direction.
- Election & Transition Tracking
- Legislative Activity Monitoring
- Geopolitical Alignment
- Policy Reversal Alerts
Social Risk
Non-political conditions that shape a country's operating environment.
- Demographic Shift Tracking
- Civil Society Monitoring
- Social Stability Indicators
- Migration & Labour Trends
Market & Regulatory Risk
The conditions and rules a rated entity actually operates under.
- Sector Volatility Tracking
- Rulemaking Pace
- Enforcement Posture
- Cross-Border Comparison
Economic Risk
The macro indicators that contextualise performance within a country.
- Unemployment & Inflation
- Growth & Output Tracking
- Fiscal Position Monitoring
- Currency & Trade Balance
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.
National Data & Filings
Political, social, market, regulatory and economic data ingested per country.
Score by Signal Category
Each signal classified into political, social, market, regulatory or economic risk and mapped to the country profile.
Track Policy & Election Cycles
Elections, policy shifts and legislative activity tracked continuously as they develop.
Feed Country Context Into Ratings
Feeds directly into how SYNE analysts weigh an entity's performance against its national backdrop.
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.
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.
Why country risk gets assessed in fragments
Political, economic and regulatory risk are usually tracked by separate teams, or separate vendors entirely.
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.
What it means for fast-moving markets
A government transition can move faster than any scheduled country review - continuous monitoring closes that gap.
What the intelligence actually tells you
Which category - political, social, market, regulatory or economic - is actually driving country-level risk right now.
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.
Built on primary national data
Every signal traces back to primary political, economic or regulatory data - not a blended index alone.
Tracked continuously
Elections and policy shifts are tracked as they develop, not on an annual country-review cycle.
Regulatory-grade independence
Operating under the same independence standards as every SYNE Rating, with the methodology published.
Category stays visible
A country signal always shows whether it's political, social, market, regulatory or economic in origin.
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.
Context, not a sovereign rating
Country Intelligence doesn't replace a sovereign credit rating - it's the backdrop every SYNE rating is read against.
Continuous, not annual
Political, market and economic tracking runs continuously; it doesn't wait for an annual country review.
Dashboard, API, or alerting
Accessible as a live dashboard, an API feed into portfolio systems, or threshold-based alerting.
Feeds every SYNE Rating
Directly informs how ESG, Sustainability and Carbon Ratings are read against their national backdrop.
Weighted to your footprint
Tracked countries and categories can be scoped to where your portfolio or operations actually sit.
Referenced across 71 licensed markets
Used by investors, corporates and advisory teams across every market SYNE is licensed in.
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.
View the full country list →Each mark represents active tracking in one jurisdiction
The ratings and services this solution feeds.
Country Intelligence sits alongside SYNE's ratings, data and a wider set of intelligence solutions.
See the country context behind your exposure.
Talk to our team about the markets you operate in and what Country Intelligence would surface.