How an Investment Management Firm Gained Visibility into Location Risk across Global Portfolios

Introduction

A leading Asia-based investment firm with significant exposure across Europe and the Middle East needed a better way to monitor geopolitical risk. With portfolio companies spanning life sciences, sustainability, digital infrastructure, foreign direct investment, agri-food, and logistics, regional events could impact investments across multiple industries simultaneously.

Manual monitoring wasn't working. The team couldn't systematically track which geopolitical developments mattered to their portfolios or respond quickly when critical events occurred. They needed comprehensive country risk intelligence and real-time alerting to protect their investments.

The Challenge: Manual Monitoring across Dozens of Markets

The company's investment portfolio required visibility into location-based risks that manual research couldn't provide at scale.

The gaps:

• No systematic way to monitor geopolitical events. Tracking dozens of markets and hundreds of portfolio companies manually was impossible. The team needed to prioritize which geopolitical developments actually mattered to their investments.

• Lack of comprehensive country risk profiles. Without detailed intelligence on regional risks, the team couldn't fully understand how location-based events could disrupt portfolio companies across different industries.

• Limited visibility into industry-specific trends. The portfolio spanned multiple sectors with different risk profiles. The team needed to monitor trends across life sciences, sustainability, digital, foreign direct investment, agri-food, and logistics simultaneously.

• Delayed awareness of critical events. Without real-time alerting, the team learned about high-risk situations too late to take protective action or adjust business continuity plans.

The Solution: Continuous Location Risk Monitoring

The company implemented Supply Wisdom's continuous monitoring platform, focused on location risk and geopolitical intelligence.

Comprehensive country risk profiles

Supply Wisdom provided detailed country risk intelligence across the company's key markets. Risk Insight reports gave the team analysis of how geopolitical developments could impact portfolio companies in specific regions.

Industry trend analysis and predictive analytics

The platform tracked trends across the company's focus industries, helping them anticipate emerging risks before they affected portfolio performance.

Real-time alerting on critical events

Immediate email alerts notified the team of critical or high-risk events in selected locations, enabling quick action to protect investments and adjust business continuity plans.

The platform gave the company systematic visibility into location-based risks that manual monitoring couldn't provide.

The Results: Systematic Visibility, Faster Response

Comprehensive geopolitical intelligence

Monitoring of selected location targets and entities provided the visibility needed to assess portfolio exposure across markets and understand how regional events could impact investments.

Immediate awareness of critical events

Real-time alerts notified the team of high-risk situations in selected locations, enabling faster response to protect investments and maintain business continuity.

Protected critical business functions

The geopolitical intelligence and alerting system helped the firm maintain critical functions without disruption, even during volatile periods in key markets.