Advisory

What is financial due diligence?

Due diligence refers to the care a reasonable person should take before entering into an agreement or a transaction with other party.

Financial due diligence is an investigation or audit of a potential investment to confirm all facts deemed necessary.

Importance of due diligence:

• To confirm that the business is what it appears to be
• Gain useful information for assets valuation and pricing decisions
• To prevent unnecessary harm to either party involved in a transaction
• Analysis of the buyer in a sale transaction so as to identify the ability of the buyer to complete the purchase and any other matters that would affect the transaction either after the sale has been completed.

Our services include:

• Evaluate the entire set of financial statements
• Provide a comprehensive and consistent set of results
• Provide a clear and comprehensive report which can seamlessly feed to our clients’ investment evaluation process
• Identify cost-saving opportunities

Are you interested to expand your business? Merger or acquisition may be the best course of action.

However, the process can be a complex one and therefore there are numerous legal, accounting, financial, managerial and cultural variables that need to be considered.

What we offer for a successful merger or acquisition:

• Pre-acquisition due diligence
• Post-acquisition optimization and solutions
• Projections and Financing
• Ensure Company Investment Worth
• Provision of Sound Financial Statements to potential buyers
• Transaction risk products and solutions

Do you want to transform your underperforming entity into a growing business or have you find yourself facing unexpected challenges in the today’s rapidly ever-changing and complex business environment?

Our expertise professionals can support you to turn the company around so as to protect your interests and positions in the business.

Our services include:

• Monitoring of costs
• Financial due diligence and portfolio reviews
• Independent financial performance review
• Financial restructuring
• Capital and debts structure optimization
• Succession planning

The significant changes impacting the financial markets in recent years have pushed entrepreneurs to look for alternative funding sources especially for emerging markets. As a result, venture capital has taken on greater significance as a critical funding source.

Through our well-developed global network of industrialists, advisors and market experts, we assist on fund formation, investment structuring and management as well as on investments exit strategies and execution.

How we can help:

• Advise on fund formation
• Align strategy with financial requirements
• Investment structuring and management
• Corporate and intellectual property due diligence
• Investment exit strategies and execution

Asset Management is required in cases you are in a dilemma of which portfolios to keep or divest as well as if you are looking for new investments so as to acquire new resources or improve the existing ones.

What we offer:

• Asset management services to individuals and institutions.
• Personalized investment plans based on our clients’ financial position, risk tolerance, investment horizon and expected future income.
• Collect and assess internal and external research material
• Review and structure portfolios
• Analyze and assess best portfolio weights
• Direct research in areas of concern
• Assess customer risk profiles and ensure that investments are based on these guidelines
• Evaluate and revise financial reporting requirements

Corporate strategy is concerned with how companies create value across different businesses. Corporate strategy is the keynote for the long-term success of the business and a method to achieve its objectives or goals.

If customer retention, risk management and identification of future opportunities and trends are important aspects for your business then an effective and well defined corporate strategy is required.

What we offer:

• Internal analysis
• Identify and evaluate strengths and weaknesses
• Identify and work towards value maximization opportunities
• Assisting in formatting strategy to enter into a new marketplace
• Developing a strategic business plan to achieve value maximization and performance improvement

Valuation is a key factor for the operations of a fund. Investing in a fund means that investors put their money at some sort of risk. Hence fund investment should always be linked with the investor’s risk appetite.

Incorrect valuation may have a significant impact on the ongoing of the fund and hence on the success of the individual investments. Consequently, if you are in the process of investing in a fund and you need an assistance, our valuation experts can deal with that.

Our services:

• Portfolio pricing based on external market information
• Calculation of Net Asset Value (NAV) on a timely manner
• Ensure accuracy and efficiency of NAV calculations through our timely communication with brokers and custodians in financial services
• Preparation of tailor-made financial statements
• Application of expenses accruals and fixed fees

• Provision of qualified independent directors
• SPV incorporation – advice and assistance
• Managing and setting – up international tax effective structure

• Obtaining of regulatory permits and licenses for Cyprus Investments Firms (CIFs), Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), Alternative Investments Fund Managers (AIFMs) and other entities
• Opening of bank accounts in Cyprus and other jurisdictions
• Day to day administration and management of your business

We assist in completing your applications that are to be submitted to Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) in a complete and effective manner.

Based on our understanding and as generally acceptable, filing an application is not always a simple process especially when you are required to do it quickly and efficiently.

It is well known that applications to National Betting Authority (NBA) are highly demanding. Our experienced advisors can assist you on the completion and submission of your application from the very beginning.