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Bloomberg has introduced a new geopolitical risk scoring system for seven million public and private companies, incorporating data from Seerist’s security and intelligence platform. The scores, now available on the Bloomberg Terminal and through the Data License offering, help investment professionals identify 29 types of country-level risks affecting their portfolios.
The tool integrates daily stability scores and risk ratings from Seerist, using AI-driven algorithms and intelligence from over 200 analysts at Control Risks. These scores measure a country’s political, operational, cyber, maritime, and security risk, and map those exposures to each company’s operational footprint. The Geopolitical Risk Monitor can be accessed on the Terminal under {WSL COUNTRYRISK}.
“Geopolitical risks unfold like a complex game of chess”
Zane Van Dusen, Global Head of Risk & Investment Analytics Products at Bloomberg, commented, “Geopolitical risks unfold like a complex game of chess—everything can change with a single move, requiring investors to rapidly reassess and adapt to what’s happening on the board. From political and operational disruptions to security and cybersecurity threats, our collaboration with Seerist enables investors to quickly quantify the business impact of fast-moving risks and integrate that intelligence into their workflows.”
Each company is now linked to its country or countries of risk using Bloomberg’s proprietary reference data framework. These risk scores then cascade to the securities issued by the company—bonds and equities alike—enabling asset managers, traders, and compliance teams to assess vulnerabilities across portfolios without relying on manual media monitoring or outdated threat data.
According to Bloomberg, investors can also enhance the analysis by incorporating supply chain and physical asset data, alongside sector-based threat relevance. The capability is particularly relevant for portfolios exposed to frontier or emerging markets where political instability, nationalization risk, or cyber attacks can impact returns or disrupt operations.
Tim Roots, Chief Product Officer at Seerist, said, “Seerist brings clarity, speed and actionable threat intelligence to investment decisions through AI analytics and expert human insights. Through our work with Bloomberg, we are applying a company-specific lens to our geopolitical data at a significant scale, equipping investors with geopolitical risk metrics and threat forecasts that intelligence professionals and government agencies trust and rely on to protect their people, operations and assets.”
The integration marks a step toward embedding dynamic geopolitical intelligence into daily investment workflows. By automating the mapping of companies to the countries that drive their risk profiles, Bloomberg and Seerist aim to address a long-standing gap in investment and risk management—enabling users to track how changes in political stability or security threats may affect assets in real time.
