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Research Access
Structural Alpha is public. FIBCOS Research is paid. Professional and institutional relationships are handled directly by the Research Desk.
Level 01 — Public
Structural Alpha
No registration, no account, no gate.
Level 02 — Free
Research Notes
Free of charge. Registration required, no payment details requested.
Quoted per engagement
FIBCOS does not publish a price list, because the work does not come in one size. A private investor asking for a single company report and a family office commissioning coverage across several markets are not buying the same thing, and a standard price would be wrong for both. Scope is agreed first — which markets, which companies, how many publications, over what period, and whether a portfolio review is included. The fee follows the scope and is confirmed in writing before any work begins.
Level 04 — Paid
Portfolio Review
Your portfolio, assessed against the criteria FIBCOS applies to its own.
A service, not a publication
A Portfolio Review is commissioned by one client and delivered to that client. It never enters the FIBCOS research archive, is never cited, and the holdings it contains are never used as an input to any public FIBCOS record.
Level 05 — Institutional
Professional & Institutional
Future professional research relationships.
Coverage
What each category costs
Research Notes are free to registered readers. Every other category is paid.
Scope and fee
The work does not come in one size, so neither does the fee.
FIBCOS does not publish a price list, because the work does not come in one size. A private investor asking for a single company report and a family office commissioning coverage across several markets are not buying the same thing, and a standard price would be wrong for both.
Scope is agreed first — which markets, which companies, how many publications, over what period, and whether a portfolio review is included. The fee follows the scope and is confirmed in writing before any work begins.
No fee is charged before the scope is agreed in writing, and no work is invoiced that was not in it.
Handled directly by the research desk
Every paid engagement is agreed, delivered and supported by email, directly with the FIBCOS Research Desk. There is no client area to log into, because at this stage there does not need to be one — a small number of engagements are better served by a person who knows the file than by a portal. A client area with sign-in and a document library will be built when the number of active engagements makes direct handling the slower option. It is a consequence of client volume, not a milestone in itself, and it will be announced here when it exists.
Request
Tell the desk what you need. Scope and fee come back by reply.
Every engagement is handled directly by the research desk. Nothing is charged before the scope is agreed in writing.
What FIBCOS does not offer
Evidence, not endorsement
FIBCOS presents its method, its coverage and its published record. It does not borrow credibility from partner logos, testimonials or press mentions — the work is the argument.