In order to succeed in today’s market, companies and investors need reliable facts and data on which to base their decisions. Drawing on 30 years of experience, the GIC Group can identify and assess the costs and benefits of prospective acquisition and market growth strategies; evaluate alternative options; and uncover and synthesize actionable commercial intelligence. These collective insights provide clients with fundamental advanced knowledge and strategic framework for aligning their corporate development activities. These services include:

  • Due Diligence
  • Valuation
  • Analyzing, Screening, and Evaluation of Deal Opportunities
  • Product and Market Assessments
  • Commercial Intelligence
  • Business Plans and Market Entry Strategies

By employing advanced analysis and creative problem solving, GIC can give its clients the information they need to assess potential projects and identify new opportunities in the domestic and international markets. With this information, GIC can craft investment plans that are achievable, affordable and focused on achieving results.

Project Examples

The following examples illustrate several of GIC’s Investment Strategy projects:

Investment Circle, Switzerland: 
Richard Gilmore named Strategic Board Member of Investment Circle (icircle.ch), an investment group focusing on direct investments and helping asset managers grow their business through private equity, credit, real estate, and asset and wealth management structuring and re-structurings.  Primary responsibilities in food technology space. 

Acquisition Mandate: Private Client.
GIC has the exclusive mandate to identify, evaluate and conduct due diligence on target companies in the animal health and nutrition sector and their proprietary products.

Wholesale Trade Privatization, Republic of Kazakhstan. World Bank
GIC assisted the World Bank in preparing a strategy for privatizing the former, state-owned distribution system in a manner that maximizes new entry and introduces channel competition.

Business Planning and Evaluation, Acquisition of a Brazilian Grain Trading Company. Private Client
GIC provided financial analysis, foreign currency risk minimization strategy, share valuation, deal structuring, corporate governance assessment, market analysis, and analysis of the Brazilian grain trade and macroeconomic environment for a private client in its acquisition of Eximcoop, a large Brazilian grain trading company.

Additional examples available upon request.