CompanyIQ® Portfolio Due Diligence
Portfolio Governance Health Check for Investment Managers
Portfolio due diligence-as-a-service automates and standardizes governance, audit, and shareholder‑level risk analysis across an entire portfolio.
In place of manual, line‑by‑line examination, PMs get scalable red‑flag logic; time‑series scoring; and source-verified evidence that unearths governance erosion, activist risk, and governance drift earlier — so teams can prioritize engagement, reduce research time, and make confident allocation or stewardship decisions.
Portfolio Due Diligence with CompanyIQ® AI
Methodology
Trailing Averages
Volatility Analysis
Peer Benchmarking & Percentile Risk
Core Areas Analyzed for Volatility
Audit Fees
- Audit fee spikes
- Auditor changes
- Delays in 10-K filings
- Auditor-related red flags indicating potential internal control or audit quality issues.
Corporate Governance
- Board composition shifts
- Independence trends
- Related-party transactions
- Committee changes
- Other governance metrics that affect oversight
Proxy & Shareholder Proposals:
- Shareholder proposals
- Vote outcomes
- Proxy language changes, and
- Contested elections to identify investor activism and shareholder priorities
Executive & Director Compensation:
- Outsized pay
- Misaligned pay-for-performance
- Severance cliffs
- Sudden swings in incentive structures that create governance risk
Benefits for Investment Managers
Reduce Review Time
Automated red‑flags shrink manual review from hours per holding to minutes
Early Warning
Multi‑year trend detection separates noise from structural deterioration
Prioritize Engagement
Severity scoring and evidence links let PMs focus on the handful of holdings that matter
Auditability
Every flag linked to the source filing for client reporting and compliance
Custom Policy Alignment
Customizable thresholds and watchlists to match your mandate, risk appetite and reporting cadence
Configuration & Customization
Portfolio Due Diligence furnishes a robust default rule set based on
industry best practices and our 200+ data points.
Typical configuration elements include:
Severity Thresholds
Set cutoffs that trigger ‘high’ severity for metrics, such as:
- Audit fee spikes
- Independence declines
- Activist stakes %s
Watchlists & Universe
Upload your portfolio or coverage list (CSV/CIKs/tickers) for:
- Scheduled scoring
- Automated Alerts
- All U.S. public companies
Alert Cadence
Alert digest options depending on operational needs.:
- Real-time
- Daily
- Weekly
Output & Exports
Prebuilt report templates for downstream tools:
- (PDF)
- CSV exports
- Visualization timeseries
Source Linking
Each flag stores the primary source
(EDGAR link) for immediate validation.
Fast & Phased Onboarding
Transfer of Portfolio
• CSV/CIK List
Initial Historical Backfill
• 10-15 Years Where Available
Threshold Tuning & Watchlist Setup
• Customized to Your Needs
Team Training & Dashboard Handoff
• Typical time to first insights:
- 1 Week for Live Ingest
- 2–4 Weeks for Deeper Backfill and Custom Rule Tuning
Outputs
- Portfolio heatmap with roll-up severity and drill-down holdings rows
- Per-holding red-flag reports (PDF) with evidence snippets and links to source filings
- Exportable CSV with flag rows for integration to research systems
- Time-series charts (3/5/10-year windows) for trend analysis
From Data to Decisions — Instantly
Find Out More
Ready to explore how Portfolio Due Diligence can speed up your research and make engagement decisions more surgical?
Request a demo or schedule a technical review and we’ll run an anonymized pilot using a small sample of your holdings.