What is QCA?
QCA is Quantitative Country Analytics, the methodology that underpins all of our work.
Quantitative Country Analytics is a comprehensive quantitative tool for assessing country risk by looking at a country’s ability to withstand external and domestic financial shocks and grow. At its core is a rigorous approach to assessing macroeconomic and financial sector risks and growth potential, which is further supported by the assessment of the quality of political institutions, political risk and social inclusion to provide a more in-depth view of a country’s investment attractiveness.
Since its creation in 2007, QCA has helped investment banks, private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and policymakers create value by approaching country risk and performance differently. QCA is the only system we know of that provides rigorous, unbiased, detailed and current comparative analysis of country risk and performance. It is a totally quantitative model that measures a country's risk and growth prospects.
- QCA's USP is sophisticated analysis, not proprietary data
- Covers 174 countries with equal analytical rigour and timeliness
- QCA measures country performance across 72 sub-factors
- Produces 25 factors, 4 pillars and ultimately a single score
- Automatically update every country every quarter
- Provide a medium as well as a short-term outlook
- Rapid turnaround
- Cost effective
- Consistent comparability at all levels of analysis
- Transparency and decomposability down to sub-factor level
Who built QCA?
QCA was devised by Max Watson and Paul Domjan in 2007 before the current financial crisis to help our private equity and sovereign wealth fund clients analyse a country’s ability to withstand global financial shocks and grow its economy. It has been revised twice with input from our entire team and outside experts.
To understand how QCA can add value for you, visit our clients section.