Institutional investors rely on specialized research and analytics to help them reach their international investment goals. As these investors expand their horizons, refine their product set and evaluate new markets, they need access to well-researched, up-to-date analyses of investment trends, market structure and competitive positioning. For more than 30 years, InterSec Research, a State Street business since 2003, has been an industry leader in providing customers with valuable insight into international investment markets. InterSec was an early advocate of the benefits of including international investments in institutional portfolios, and was also one of the first firms to measure investment performance through comparative peer group attribution at the country and sector level.

InterSec delivers a suite of products and services for institutional investors that fall into two categories: investment performance reporting and industry research.

Asset managers use InterSec Research to:

• Compare results against peers
• Better understand competitive positioning through attribution analytics
• Accurately position products within the marketplace

Asset owners (pension funds, endowments, foundations) use InterSec Research to:

• Scrutinize the performance of internal or external portfolio managers
• Appraise the use of various mandates, benchmarks and managers
• Provide them with industry and investment research

Investment consultants use InterSec Research to:

• Support manager searches
• Administer fund-of-fund or manager-of-manager portfolios
• Provide them with industry and investment research

Additional information on our International Investment Trends and Peer Group Analysis can be found in the attached product sheet or contact Sean McCoy at 617-664-9978 or email sean.mccoy@intersecresearch.com.