Business Strategy

Specialist practice that leverages our-in depth knowledge of the finance industry – the markets, the products and the participants - and our practitioner-based expertise. We provide strategic advice and implementation consultancy that enables our clients to identify new opportunities, and to define and implement strategies to drive success.

  • Research and analysis capability that leverages industry network and domain expertise – provision of feasibility studies, business case analysis, ROI analysis, competitor profiling and benchmarking

  • Fully customisable offering (Bespoke3) that provides independent and objective client feedback – the ‘client view’ – to assess performance, opportunity, and drive client strategy

  • Product review and performance benchmarking, recommendations on performance improvement, new product development and solution design

  • We have expertise in Capital Optimisation and Business repositioning – repackaging of financial transactions to drive RWA reduction strategies, Legal Entity strategy and rationalisation to optimise capital utilisation and business efficiency

  • Working with client teams to enable them to execute strategy successfully. Our consultants are experts in Operating Model definition, gap analysis, roadmaps and planning, collaboration across multiple functional areas and global locations

  • New Business Development - European Bank: our client was looking to develop a Growth Markets business to augment their existing G7 Global Markets business. They needed to define the business case and the implementation strategy to support this. The Adsatis team leveraged its in-depth markets expertise and industry contacts to produce the business case and to advise on the positioning of the business. The deliverable also detailed the operating model, the execution strategy and the implementation roadmap. The client had the new business up and running within 6 months, and this provided a significant boost to bottom line revenues

    Sales Performance assessment - Canadian Bank: the new management of the Capital Markets business of a leading Canadian Bank needed to obtain an objective and independent assessment of its client business to baseline performance of the sales team and the client business, and to identify opportunities to grow the business. An Adsatis team of senior level SMEs undertook a comprehensive review of the bank’s top 60 clients to establish the client perception of the service quality and the business performance of the bank, in comparison to other banks. Key areas of focus and opportunity were identified at the individual client level and in aggregate. The bank was able to use this information to drive a client centric strategy that doubled client revenues within 2 years