Onsight is how Cascade Asia publishes and maintains intelligence as structured, traceable findings rather than static prose. It takes two forms today: the Onsight Brief, a monthly field-intelligence publication you can subscribe to now, and a client workspace, in private build.
The Onsight Brief is a monthly field-intelligence publication, built on the same method as our engagements: sourced on the ground, every finding graded, every claim traceable. The first title follows Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund and its subsidiaries.
June 2026 · Indonesia · Sovereign wealth
The fund’s new export monopoly was incorporated the day before it was announced — and before the regulation authorising it was published. The Brief traces, on the record, what the public coverage missed.
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The Onsight Brief is the latest in more than ten years of Cascade’s productized intelligence — from the region’s only regular footwear-sourcing risk forecast to the Indonesia Policy Monitor. That work has been presented to industry audiences, from the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America to a US Fashion Industry Association panel. Publishing graded analysis, and being trusted to, is not new for us.
A report tells you a conclusion. Onsight lets you see what every conclusion rests on, how reliable each source is, and how the picture has changed over time.
Every claim is attached to the source that supports it. Nothing in the workspace is an assertion you cannot trace back to its evidence.
Each source is graded for reliability and credibility, so a documented primary record and a single unverified account are never presented as equivalent.
Ground truth changes. Onsight tracks how a finding stands today versus when it was first established, with each update dated.
The unit of work is the finding: a specific claim about an entity, its evidence, its reliability, and its current status. The example here is illustrative.
The same structure underpins everything from a counterparty’s control to the operational status of a facility: claim, evidence, grade, confidence, and date.
“The operating company and the export-licence holder share a single beneficial owner.”
| Corporate registry extract | A1 |
| Analyst field verification | A2 |
| Local-language ownership filing | B2 |
As of. Verified this quarter; flagged for review if filings change.
The letter rates the source (A–F); the number rates the information (1–6).
Beyond the published Brief, the Onsight workspace keeps a maintained, interactive intelligence picture for an engagement. It is in private build, so the way in is a conversation about your matter, not a checkout. We scope the entities and questions that matter to you, then maintain that picture as the work proceeds.
The Onsight Brief is read by people who have to defend the decisions they make on it. These are the standards it is produced to.
Every claim carries a source grade — a letter for the source (A–F), a number for the information (1–6) — printed beside the claim, so you see the strength of the evidence, not only the conclusion.
When we get something wrong, we correct it and tell subscribers directly, noting what changed and when. We don’t quietly revise a published finding.
We hold no position in the entities, sectors, or transactions we cover, and coverage cannot be bought. What appears in the Brief is decided by relevance to subscribers, nothing else.
Every issue is published under a named responsible editor. For the Onsight Brief, that is Brian Sheley, Managing Director of Cascade Asia.
If your work turns on entities and exposures that keep moving, a briefing is the place to start. Tell us what you need to keep in view, and we’ll show you how Onsight would maintain it.