Smartlogic Semaphore

Faster routine searches, better control of costs

Our Business Information Portal does three key things:

• Automates routine federated-searches (e.g. gathering information on a company that would include investment research reports, company filings, rating reports, consensus estimates, and news reports).
• Controls costs: tracks what’s spent on which external information sources; reduces workload on Business Information Services (BIS), or ‘library’ staff.
• Gives BIS team, and other employees, more time for value-added work.

A taxonomy-based approach to automating federated searches

Our Business Information Portal uses a sophisticated bespoke taxonomy to translate a user’s request into the unique language of each information provider.

We’ve seen significant savings, and positive user responses at a mid-sized financial-services firm – to find out more, view the slideshow.

A new way of working for investment banking analysts and the BIS team