Projects involving longer-term issues.
‘Where do we go from here?’ and ‘How do we get there?’
What are the longer-term implications of this issue for our business?
Acquisitions overview
- Merger and Acquisitions taskforce
Strategic issues analysis
- Organised sale process of a key business
- Strategic advice to a small business considering its future options
- Note for a senior executive: Future of the Australian financial system
Asset sales
- Organised divestment adviser to sell major asset in accord with client’s timetable
Expansion analysis
- Revisit a major acquisition opportunity: Identify possible alternative approaches
- Criteria necessary for bank to achieve growth by acquisition internationally
- Project on an appropriate investment banking strategy in UK and Europe
- Developed an acquisition target list
Policy-related issues
- Evaluation of a major subsidiary to determine possible synergies and future options
- Issues related to expanding the bank’s product range in New Zealand
- Investigated possible separate incorporation of New Zealand branches
- Strategic issues related to a potential major upheaval in New Zealand financial system
- Strategic implications of potential major changes to financial system in Australia and New Zealand
Client-defined analytical projects
- Identified areas for improvement in management skills for NGO members of ONCAN [Oriental Negros Children’s Advocacy Network, The Philippines]
- Worked with ONCAN members to improve their funding proposal writing skills
- Assisted with proposal writing as a part of capacity building for staff of an NGO (Indonesia)
- Export Finance and Insurance Corporation [EFIC]: Future directions (A major paper) (The Treasury, Canberra)
- Measures to counteract motor vehicle theft (The Treasury, Canberra)
Quantitative analysis
- Analysis of building societies’ market share
Target analysis
- Investigate the possible acquisition of a significant USA regional bank
- Analysis and initial negotiation to acquire Seoul branch of a major USA bank
- Background work on the acquisition of major player in the London gold market
- Analysis and negotiation as part of the steps necessary to acquire major international bank
- Analysis of USA bank acquisition possibility
Valuation
- Valued a client’s key business prior to sale
- Opportunity to acquire the Asian branch network of a leading international bank
- Managed offer and negotiation process for a small branch network in Asia
Country risk
- Developed a presentation on the Cambodian economy (Cambodia)
- Papua New Guinea: a country assessment (The Treasury, Canberra)
