Strategic Environmental Analysis

We analyse the specific business environment for clients and make recommendations relating to business expansion and contraction in their particular context.

This may involve:

• Competitor analysis of key players in a particular product or geographic market
• Market analysis involving the examination of market size, turnover, growth, trends and other developments across a range of sectors, products and services
• Customer analysis surveying our client's customer base to provide an objective, detailed understanding of their needs

Representative assignments:

• Evaluated global trends in the mutual fund sector for a major European bank
• Examined best practice in expanding internationally for independent investment banks in several national markets
• Examined the lessons of the co-operative banking movement in Europe for the Australian co-operative banking sector
• Examined the impact of bank concentration in Europe on competitiveness in the banking sector for a North American bank embarking on an in-market merger
• Appraised possible scenarios for regional consolidation for a leading Scandinavian bank
• Evaluated global indicators for a Nordic government of excess banking capacity and suggested a strategy for the country's banking sector
• Conducted a survey of about 20 bank chief financial offiers to determine the value that might be added by a new European rating agency