The Way Ahead Research Ltd was found in 2017 in response to the EU’s MIFID2 legislation and as such is fully MIFID2 compliant. The primary role of the company is to distribute research from both Andrew Hunt Economics Ltd and other providers via email, Bloomberg, or the S&P Publisher platforms.
TWAR’s primary source is Andrew Hunt Economics Ltd, which was founded in 2001 and is committed to providing an entirely independent, primarily flow of funds-based approach to macro-economic analysis for select clients in both the financial and commercial sectors.
The analysis is heavily focused on tracking and understanding changes in the ‘balance sheet behaviour’ of various economic agents and predicting the resulting flows that these changes may initiate. As such, the analysis is likely to be ideally suited for those interested in the asset and currency markets.
The company’s analysis is always based on the thorough and intensive use of the publicly available economic data both from the real and financial sectors, and the analysis is backed up by regular research visits to the countries concerned.
The analysis can be used by “top down” investors for investment idea generation and stress testing of existing positions, or it can be used by “bottom up” investors as an early warning system for exogenous threats.
Despite the company’s small size, it can count many of the world’s major investment houses, banks, foundations and family offices within its client base. It also has several major central banks and multinational organizations amongst its regular readership.