Research Publishing Services and Solutions

Research Publishing Solutions

Research Publishing services, including supervisory analyst (SA) approval, editing, formatting & publishing, and design, have become a bottleneck for timely publication of reports and an area where costs have increased, since skilled SAs, editors, and formatting & publishing and design specialists are difficult to hire, train, and retain. Many of our clients are, therefore, outsourcing the process to reduce costs, increase efficiency, cut down on management oversight, and tap into a large pool of skilled resources with domain expertise.

Acuity Knowledge Partners’ Research Publishing solutions – SAs, Editors, and Formatting & Publishing and Graphic Design Specialists – has over 15 years of experience serving global financial services firms. They review, approve, and publish research, meeting tough deadlines in a fast-paced work environment and amid a heavy flow of content. Working with our teams across the globe, clients can take advantage of the ‘follow-the-sun’ engagement model, ensuring greater efficiency and productivity.

Who we serve

Research Publishing Services - Support We Offer

Editing Services

Our Editors have 10 years of editing experience, on average; most of them hold a postgraduate degree in English or Finance and have worked as journalists at reputed international news organizations or as editors at bulge-bracket global financial services firms.
They have experience in working on varied content – from equity, fixed income, economic, and strategy research to fund newsletters and marketing material, including blogs and whitepapers.
Our editing services include:
- - Proofreading: Weeding out attention-to-detail-related errors in grammar, style, and spelling
- - Substantive editing: Editing reports for grammar, punctuation, structure, commerciality, arguments, and balance
- - Regulatory review:

Formatting services

Our Formatting and Publishing Specialists have 12 years of experience, on average, in formatting and publishing services, having also worked with bulge-bracket global financial services firms earlier. They are well versed in the use of MS Office and the Adobe Creative suite of products.
Within formatting services, we:
Format research reports, proposals, and marketing material, including PowerPoint presentations, as per the client’s template and branding guidelines
Ensure all exhibits/visuals are in line with client specifications and branding guidelines
Coordinate, compile, and format conference books, newsletters, and special research reports
Collate data and create and format presentations and fund factsheets and pitchbooks
Manage the rebranding/template migration process
Convert data/hand-written notes into slides
Our Formatting Specialists also provide publishing and research-publishing-platform-related support services.

Publishing services

Check report tagging and publish reports on the portal
Maintain mailing lists and coordinate hard copy delivery with printers
Prepare dailies/newsletters from various sector/country teams
Update and manage the research and publication database
Coordinate database changes (in case of transfer/termination/suspension of coverage) with Bloomberg/Reuters
Troubleshoot distribution-related issues for analysts and clients
Manage workflow for morning calls
Make conference call bookings with the vendor and publish the invites on behalf of the analyst

Design Services

Our Design Specialists/Graphic Designers have 12 years of experience, on average, in delivering design solutions that have a high visual impact and stand out in the internal and external markets. They lay out content and design material to make them “intuitively obvious” and easy on the eye.
Create icons, templates, brochures, flyers, posters, and other collaterals for marketing teams
They work on a wide range of products, including research reports and newsletters, fund marketing presentations/factsheets, brochures, flyers and posters, product-related literature, and investor updates/communication.
Design layouts, retouch photographs, create high-end animations, and convert documents into interactive PDFs
They are well versed in the use of MS Office solutions and the Adobe Creative suite of products.
Create a suite of PowerPoint slides for analysts to use; redesign existing slides in line with branding guidelines
Within design services, we:
Create pitchbooks and screen shows
Develop high-end marketing material out of basic conceptual themes using MS Office and the Adobe Creative suite of products
Convert PDF files and handwritten documents to MS Word PowerPoint and Excel files, as per branding specifications
Provide high-quality visualization support by creating infographics using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
Use MapInfo for plotting locations and other geographical aspects on maps

How we are different

RESEARCH PEDIGREE

Over 15 years’ experience in providing Research Publishing Services to global financial services firms

PROCESS OPTIMISATION

End-to-end support across the Research Publishing lifecycle: design templates, and edit, format, SA approve, and publish/disseminate research; lay out and design marketing material

TECHNOLOGY

Experience with various third-party/in-house Research Publishing platforms – FactSet Partners, Blue Matrix, and BlueCurve

SCALABILITY

Ability to hit the ground running. Successfully transitioned and currently execute multiple engagement models of research publishing solutions : (1) lift-and-shift of in-house Publishing teams; (2) supplement onshore Publishing teams, and (3) support clients that do not have onshore teams