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Financial Advisory | Business Advisory
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| GSIC's activities span the entire value chain of investment research. Whether it's financial research off-shoring or high-end Strategic Consulting, we have both the resources and the expertise to deliver end-to end solutions to our customers. GSIC helps you pinpoint what you need to know, execute what you need to do, and liaison with whom you need to meet in order to successfully establish your company or the launch of your product in any global market. |
Financial Advisory |
A. Private Equity Investment Services
- Deal Origination
GSIC through its strong networks and wide reach is able to source exclusive deals for its private equity clients. These deals are closely scrutinized and selected by GSIC keeping in mind our client's investment philosophy, risk-taking capacity and expected return on investment.
- Initial Proposal Screening
The objective of this service vertical is to scan the initial investment proposals received from various companies and entrepreneurs and giving a summary of the investment proposition after a preliminary analysis of the business model. The main purpose of this service vertical is to map the investment philosophy of the client with the proposed business proposition. GSIC engages research analysts to scan the proposal and present a review with an executive summary to the client assisting him to opine on the initial acceptance of the business proposition thereby saving significant costs. The report may entail facts which are case-specific like a Company Snapshot (Profiling, Fact Sheet, Major Happenings & Events, Products & Services) and Financial Highlights (Revenue Segmentation, Profitability, Total Assets).
- Preliminary Industry Analysis
This vertical entails an exhausting industry scan to understand the business environment of the proposed investment. GSIC will engage professionals to execute this feasibility study following an industry specific layout. Reputed Industry Experts may be involved in the assignment wherever the need be to understand the significant nuances of the business environment like nature and size of the industry, growth drivers, recent trends, competitive landscape, business environment (current deals, reforms and existing regulations, entry and exit strategies), key challenges (with respect to procedural and legal vulnerability, title clearances, risks), market segmentation and the market potential.
- In-Depth Analysis
The primary objective of this vertical is to analyze the business and revenue model of the target investment and present the basic financial statements with forecasted cash flows and revenue segments. GSIC engages a team of highly qualified professionals and experts to execute the assignment. GSIC will present to the client an informed business plan and a comprehensive report addressing the Commercial Viability of the company's products or services, Potential for sustained growth by the company, Ability of the management to lead the company through the growth phases, Risk-Reward feasibility, Mapping the expected return to the investment criteria.
Phase 1: Business Plan & Modeling
GSIC prepares a sound business plan entailing a summary of business content, the business objectives and goals, market analysis, competitor's analysis, sustainable growth strategies, products & services, marketing & sales, operations and financials (with future projections).
Phase 2: Due-diligences
- Financial Due-diligence
GSIC enables the client to determine whether the target makes business sense. It will provide an opportunity to the client through the due-diligence process to evaluate the target's current economic viability and future prospects and the capital demands required to realize the deals goals. A typical financial due diligence includes a review of the current financial reporting standard, an assessment of the revenue model, an evaluation of the filed financial statements, a review of cash flows, funding arrangement and burn rate, taxation issues, financial valuation and an exit strategies.
Unrealistic expectations, inappropriate or incomplete due diligence procedures, or inadequate research relating to a target will cause any transaction to fail, regardless of size or complexity. GSIC's financial due-diligence will make certain the quality of target and the investment potential to assist the client in making a uniform decision.
- Operational Due-diligence
GSIC's operational due diligence includes background checks on aspects of the investment process. It takes a look at a transaction to determine what the buyer can do to realize maximum returns. A purchase price based on a multiple of earnings may include certain operational inefficiencies.
GSIC's operational due diligence will define this potential along with the cost of implementing the efficiency improvements for the buyer. It will include an assessment of the functional operations of the target, interconnectedness of these operations and the likely impact of operations on the future financial value of the entity.
- Deal-Making
Under this, GSIC acts as a representative partner to the client providing him deal-closure services like:
- Negotiation/Bid Support
It includes optimizing the deal structure and ensuring smooth cross-cultural negotiations.
- Deal Structuring
It includes taking into account the legal considerations, financial structuring, international tax structuring and exit strategies.
- Deal Validation & Paperwork
GSIC assists its partner by ensuring regulatory validation and compliances with complete and proper documentation.
B. Islamic Finance
- Analytics
- Stock Screening and Selection
Companies are screened based on Shari'ah laws and financial strength determined using ratios such as debt to market capitalization, liquid investments to market capitalization, receivables to market capitalization etc. Firms involved in "Harram" business such as alcohol, tobacco, obscene entertainment etc are excluded. We also follow guidelines offered by Shari'ah scholars.
- Portfolio Monitoring & Purification
GSIC provides fund tracking & monitoring support to fund managers. Securities are included or excluded on the basis of risk and return. We also help quantify the impure earnings in the portfolio (earnings from prohibited business) to purify the same.
- Reporting
GSIC assists management with timely investor reports which help inform investors of the purification process, charitable options to which the funds' monies are used and to ensure full disclosure and transparency to its investors.
- Consulting Services
GSIC provides consulting services and support to its clients in areas like Islamic Bonds (Sukuk) market, opportunities in Shari'ah compliant REITs, real estate, and real estate funds, Islamic banking system, Takaful/ Insurance funds market, investing in Shari'ah compliant private equity and venture capital.
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Business Advisory |
- Market Entry Strategic Services
GSIC provides specialized services for off-shore market entry and India specific market entry like Registration assistance with SEBI (India Specific), Initial Proposal Screening, Preliminary Industry Analysis, In-depth Analysis and Deal-Making.
- Strategic Alliances
We assist our clients in identifying potential acquisition targets and creating strategic alliances when venturing into new markets. Based on carefully defined fundamental models supported by technical interpretations, GSIC is able to gauge the client's synergistic collaboration prospect.
- Feasibility Studies
In our feasibility studies, we analyze and quantify the likeliness of the success of a specific project before it is undertaken by a client. The analysis is based on the technical, economic, cultural and legal environment that is expected to affect the project's short or long term operations. The factors and parameters are essentially case-specific and may vary with the nature of the project.
- Business Analytics Solutions
GSIC supports and extends organizations' in-house capabilities and specializes in providing data-driven marketing solutions through its analytical expertise. We undertake advance analytics in terms of CRM, demand forecasting, acquisition strategies and pricing strategies. By leveraging the key skills of our team of highly qualified people based out of our India centre, we are able to help organizations to support operational decision making in the marketing and customer management functions.
To provide world-class marketing analytics solutions at significantly lower costs, we use advanced statistical tools like Regression Analysis, Linear and Nonlinear Optimization, Cluster Analysis, Decision trees and Conjoint Modeling. The GSIC team is proficient in handling different data formats like survey data, syndicated data, operational data, marketing campaign data, etc. Our approach is to gather your relevant data and deduce it to relevant and actionable information that aids in unearthing insights that improve your ROI and the effectiveness of your organization's marketing actions using the statistical and simulation tools highlighted above. By pairing up its proven analytics competence with skills from strategy consulting and market research, GSIC is uniquely placed to be your Marketing Analysis partner.
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