Overview
We support enterprise teams with strategy research, corporate finance, M&A, sales and marketing, due diligence and procurement. Our extensive business research and analytics services, along with our contextual technology products, enable us to deliver greater operational efficiency, faster turnaround times and positive business outcomes for our clients.
We provide bespoke competitive and market intelligence services that help firms identify actionable insights to cope better with the shifting digital landscape. Our comprehensive opportunity identification models help our clients harness new opportunities faster.
Our flexible engagement models make it easy for businesses to partner with us, irrespective of the nature of work (one-time projects or long-term research). We have built strong partnerships with several Fortune 500 companies and have played a key role in unlocking growth for several start-ups.
Who we serve
- Global and Regional Corporations
- Portfolio Companies of Private Equity Firms
- Fortune 500 companies
- Large enterprises
- Medium-size companies
- SMEs
- Start-ups
Support We Offer
Corporate and Business Unit Strategy
Market assessment and demand forecasting
Opportunity assessment and entry strategy
Process improvement and optimisation
Industry insights for CXOs
Competitive landscape and positioning
Competitor tracking
Customer segmentation and product mapping
Long-term growth and return strategy
Competitive benchmarking
Best-practice assessment
Thematic research and emerging trends
Corporate finance and M&A
Financial analysis
Financial and operational benchmarking
Trading and transaction comps
Target and industry due diligence
DCF/DDM/SOTP/relative valuation/football field analysis
Preliminary due diligence
Target screening and opportunity assessments
Financial model/merger model/accretion dilution
Developing investment thesis/reports
Pro-forma financial analysis/synergy analysis
Cash flow models, sensitivity/scenario analyses
M&A/IPO case studies
Pitch-book (sell side/buy side)
Treasury support
Information memo for financing/refinancing of credit facilities and other debt facilities
Bond performance reports
Periodic peer reports
Bond pricing and valuation
Issuer description updates
Covenant monitoring
Maintaining investor databases
Bond/debt issuance case studies
Working capital analysis
Investor presentations
Procurement/supplier management
Supplier market assessment/performance management
Vendor selection (screening/due diligence)
Supplier/vendor developments tracking
Cost modelling
Monitoring
Demand forecasting
Cost modelling
Category spending analysis
RFI/RFP process management
Sales and marketing
Sales intelligence and origination support
Key account management
Customer risk management
Sales reporting and administration
Client pitch books
RFI/RFP process management
CRM support
Business content and corporate communications
Corporate events publications support
Social media monitoring
Online news monitoring
Brochures/flyers
Corporate blogs
Newsletters
Press release management
Market Research and Insights
With markets moving at a swift pace, market research and intelligence become critical for all businesses. Acuity’s end-to-end market research consultancy helps you understand markets. We have substantial experience across industries and work through the value chain of a particular industry/process to deliver actionable insights. Our research is anchored on empathy- and emotion-driven responses for B2C studies and fact- and data-driven insights for B2B studies that help brands and businesses understand the crux of the problem and make informed decisions.
Data Science
Global technology megatrends, regulatory developments, the competitive landscape and the rise of alternative data have been driving a paradigm shift in the capital markets ecosystem. Demand for new avenues of alpha creation powered by data science techniques is at unprecedented levels. Acuity has been providing highly bespoke quantitative and technology-powered solutions to our buy-side and sell-side clients since 2005. We launched a dedicated data science practice early in 2019 to address growing demand and provide unique and contextual insights based on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
Deep Dive Sector-focused Research
We enable energy sector players including oil & gas, power & utilities, clean energy promoters, energy suppliers, consulting firms to be future ready for regulatory, technology and industry driven change. We achieve this through our bespoke end-to-end support covering strategy, market intelligence, merger and acquisition support, research and analytics.
Acuity Knowledge Partners supports technology firms with market intelligence, emerging trends, competitor insights, regulatory research, M&A and corporate finance services, and with recurring or ad hoc projects. Our services help such firms understand emerging tech trends, discover attractive segments, monitor and stay ahead of the competition, and explore inorganic growth options and synergies.
We cover a wide range of technology segments, such as, fintech, software, cloud, digital gaming, connected mobility, digital health, consumer electronics, semiconductors and streaming as well as cutting-edge technologies including AI, ML, NLP and blockchain that span a number of technology markets. We are, thus, well positioned to work at points where these markets and technologies intersect.
We work with technology firms of all sizes – from Fortune 500 corporations to mid-size firms and disruptive startups. We, therefore, understand the unique needs of firms at different stages of the business lifecycle. Over the years, our clients have made significant gains in terms of cost benefits, faster project turnaround and flexibility to scale up/down – all backed by high-quality and insightful research.
We enable our life-sciences and healthcare clients better understand the market and competitive landscape, improve efficiencies and productivity, and formulate effective developmental and commercial strategies.
Our engagements have been with clients teams within large and mid- tier pharmaceutical, devices and also biotechnology companies operating across the globe. We offer flexible, scalable, and cost-effective strategic research solutions across key pharma domains covering a wide spectrum of therapeutic areas.
Our clients have gained tangible business value through our unparalleled domain expertise, customized research offerings, and effective execution capabilities.
We offer our clients a holistic view of the metals and mining industry and provide in-depth research along with multi-lingual capabilities, covering various assets/commodities across different geographies.
Our clients have been able to make informed financial and strategic decisions through our unparalleled domain expertise, judgement-based analysis and effective execution capabilities.
Government policy and macroeconomic intelligence
Technological evolution and related opportunities
Sales and market share analysis
Emerging markets analysis
Market positioning v/s customer perception analysis
Peer analysis and benchmarking
Company profiling
M&A activity analysis
Target screening
Financial statement analysis
BASEL accords
Acquisition targets and strategic/financial buyers screening
Precedent transactions
Premiums earned and new business acquisition cost analysis
Capital adequacy, market liquidity and credit quality analysis
Fact packs
Market assessment
Regulatory change impact assessment
Regulatory framework for cross-border banking activities
Core banking transformation
Energy and Utilities
Technology Research Services
Life-sciences Research
Metals and Mining
Retail / CPG
Financial Services
How we are different
Best-in-class solutions to effectively respond to the changing market landscape
Extensive bespoke services to effectively support clients’ businesses and their strategic objectives
Trusted partner to capitalise on opportunities
Substantial domain expertise results in increasing agility and responsiveness to manage change for clients
Real-time support rendered through a “follow-the-sun” model with our multiple delivery centres