Signal

Overview

What this project does

Provide institutional investors, asset managers, and governance professionals with independent proxy intelligence, governance risk analysis, and securities disclosure investigations that are structurally independent of issuer conflicts. Monitor public company proxy statements, analyze governance patterns, and publish defensible research recommendations before votes with full accountability for accuracy and timing. Enable early detection of governance, regulatory, and disclosure risks before consensus recognition.

Features

Core features

• Proxy Intelligence (SPI) with FOR/AGAINST/WITHHOLD recommendations
• 48-hour publication clock from EDGAR acceptance to position publication
• Item-by-item ballot analysis with reasoning and source citations
• Peer-advisory divergence mapping vs ISS and Glass Lewis positions
• Named analyst accountability with bylines and methodology versioning
• Company intelligence index covering 341+ public companies
• Searchable by company name, ticker symbol, or CUSIP
• Living company dossiers with proxy history, active signals, and source evidence
• Real-time signal monitoring and tracking across public record
• Multi-dimensional signal scoring (density, momentum, divergence, horizon)

Impact

What it delivers

• Independent proxy intelligence publishing before shareholder votes
• Named analyst accountability with versioned methodology
• Structural independence from issuer revenue (no conflicts of interest)
• 48-hour publication cycle from EDGAR to research position
• Full public record sourcing and citation
• Tamper-evident fingerprinting and permanent record maintenance
• Vote reconciliation and accuracy tracking
• Multi-company monitoring and signal correlation
• The 48-hour clock mechanism with EDGAR timestamp integration
• Atomic ballot item decomposition and independent analysis
• Named analyst positions with responsible bylines
• SHA-256 fingerprinting for publication integrity
• The Signal Ledger showing all published positions with timestamps
• Visible correction history (nothing quietly edited)

Under the hood

Technical specifications

Type

B2B SaaS platform for institutional corporate governance analysis, independent proxy intelligence, securities disclosure research, and investigative intelligence on public companies with accountability-focused infrastructure.

Target users

Institutional investors, hedge funds, asset managers, pension funds, proxy advisors, governance professionals, compliance teams, corporate boards, securities counsel, investment managers, regulatory professionals, and stakeholders requiring independent governance intelligence and proxy analysis uninfluenced by issuer relationships.

Admin & management

Analyst dashboard for research profile management Company intelligence database administration Signal monitoring and escalation workflows Publication queue and timing management Reconciliation workflow for vote outcomes Newsletter subscriber management (The Signal Wire) User account and subscription management Research methodology versioning and updates Accuracy tracking and performance metrics Correction management with visible history Coverage expansion and company addition workflows

Integrations

SEC EDGAR API for proxy filing retrieval and parsing 8-K submission monitoring for vote reconciliation Ownership report tracking (Schedule 13G, 13D) Market data and stock price correlation Email delivery service (The Signal Wire newsletter) PDF parsing and document analysis NLP services for disclosure interpretation Entity resolution and data matching Time-series database for signal tracking Authentication and enterprise SSO Enterprise search (Elasticsearch) Cloud infrastructure providers

Frontend

Modern React or Vue.js application with TypeScript

UI Framework

Tailwind CSS or Bootstrap for professional UI

Database

PostgreSQL or MongoDB for company data, signals, research profiles

Search Engine

Elasticsearch for company index and full-text search of filings/research

Content Management

Versioned research profile system (likely Git-based or similar)

Backend

Node.js, Python, or Java API serving platform data

SEC Data Integration

EDGAR API integration for proxy filing ingestion

Data Pipeline

ETL pipeline for processing 8-K, DEF 14A, and ownership reports