Research

We provide award-winning investment analysis that is authoritative and agenda-setting, across a broad array of industry sectors, as reflected in our flagship Ahead of the Curve® Series
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Our Collaborative Approach

TD Cowen has consistently invested in its Research franchise. Through on-the-ground research and proprietary data-driven insights, we identify securities most likely to be impacted by emerging trends and industry disruption.

Leading the Industry by Design

We have 89 publishing analysts covering 1,000+ securities across a range of industries, and our research has earned readership that is 3x-8x larger than Street averages.1

  • Our disruptive Ahead of the Curve® Series reports are our marquee products. These reports showcase the authoritative expertise and thought leadership synonymous with the TD Cowen Research brand. Each report focuses on a non-consensus idea, a view on an investment controversy, or an emerging topic we believe investors need to focus on in more depth.
  • Our analysts generate keen insights that support and drive TD Cowen’s differentiated client service model.
  • Our Annual Themes Report identifies major areas of disruption and opportunity.

1 Financial Times, 2/8/17

TD Cowen Research: Themes 2024 Handbook

Special Topics

In addition to these topics, we also have dedicated experts focused on a wide range of areas across our Sectors and Capabilities including Cross-Asset and Special Situations.

Data Science

Our data science initiative harnesses massive datasets in the public and private domain to help inform our analysts’ investment opinions.  It represents a multi-million dollar investment in using technology to synthesize information and using that information to help generate alpha.

Digital Health

Our Digital Health Initiative™ brings together the collective insight of our research analysts in a variety of disciplines to examine the intersection of technology, retail and health care, and how this convergence will impact the investment landscape.

ESG

Our ESG Research highlights analysis that includes significant environmental, social or governance implications for those portfolio managers focused on those criteria and the future of ESG investing as part of their investment process.

TD Cowen has also developed an ESG scoring system, providing our clients and employees with a unified framework for ESG-related conversations. Founded on a future-facing paradigm, this system provides an unbiased, common framework that can be used to uniformly evaluate companies’ performance based on ESG criteria.

Robotics

TD Cowen and MassRobotics are collaborating to bring together our extensive market knowledge to advance research into the emerging Robotics and Artificial Intelligence industry. MassRobotics is a global hub in Robotics, representing engineers, rocket scientists and entrepreneurs focused on the needs of the Robotics community.

Washington Research Commentaries

Our Washington Research Group (WRG), established more than 40 years ago, is a leading voice for commentary and insights into Washington policy. The team has been consistently recognized at the top of its field by clients and in industry surveys.

Government policy and regulatory affairs play an increasingly important role in investment analysis. WRG’s valuable macro perspective complements the domain expertise of TD Cowen’s exceptional fundamental equity research.

WRG’s multi-faceted coverage includes:

  • Aerospace & Defense
  • Financial Services
  • Fiscal & Tax Policy
  • Health Care Services
  • Medical Devices
  • Medicare
  • Pharmaceutical Policy
  • Technology, Media & Telecom/FCC

Conferences & Events

New York, NY

Jun 04, 2024

8th Annual Future of the Consumer Conference

New York, NY

May 29, 2024

52nd Annual Technology, Media & Telecom Conference

Virtual

Mar 19, 2024

3rd Annual Fiber-to-the-Home Symposium

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