Business Cases
Real Estate Advisory
From real estate development to real estate funds, the real-estate space has a noteworthy existence in the MENA region spread across multiple segments and sub-segment, including but not limited to commercial, residential, and industrial.
Claymore team has the expertise to help clients figure out the best fit. Our services to the client range from market research, including supply and demand gap analysis of industrial, residential, and retail sectors, to the study of future rental and occupancy rate trends for each asset class and their impact on the project’s financial returns.
We have also surveyed the land price in the vicinity of the subject sites to determine the land valuation of proposed projects. Further, we prepared a financial model to study the viability of various development options, including construction costs and selling prices.
Private Equity Merger
& Acquisitions
Claymore team has engaged with clientele to advise their respective board on multiple exit strategies e.g. i) IPO Listing or ii) Selling a stake to a Private Equity Fund.
Through utilizing the vast experience, the Claymore team has not only assisted in building robust financial models for clients but also advised them on the optimal exit strategy backed by solid rationale e.g. avoiding compliance issues. Further, the team has also assisted in connecting clients with renowned local Investment Banks for the deal execution.
Investment Planning
Investment portfolio management is quite challenging in the region, especially for family offices. Often, an investment charter does not exist, and the finance department manages the investments. Another challenge is the absence of the Portfolio Perspective while making investment decisions.
Claymore team has vast experience in formulating the Investment Charter, Investment Planning including IPS, Benchmarking and KPIs for multiple asset classes, and Performance Presentation.
Claymore team is currently engaged with multiple family offices in the region and is assisting them in their investment planning to materialize their ultimate objective of maintaining a balanced risk and return portfolio.
Insurance Risk Advisory
The insurance sector has a significant presence in the MENA region with KSA, alone, housing 29 active insurance and reinsurance companies.
Claymore Consultants has adequately skilled staff that fits the bill for a broad range of risk advisory services focused on the insurance sector.
Our team has successfully executed services for clients seeking assistance in different facets of risk management including establishing the balance between assets and liabilities, ascertaining complex indicators like probability at default, value at risk and determining the level of premium reserves to mitigate impact in case of an adversity.
Startups
Early-stage startups that were oblivious about how to approach their seed round and financing, in general, reached out to us for assistance. Claymore saw them through multiple phases of the startup lifecycle. We engaged with them to structure their business models and prepare pitch decks and business plans to articulate the ideas to prospective investors.
Further, we have serviced clients across industries and successfully assisted them throughout the nascent stages of the startup life cycle.
Our relationship with these clients went beyond the initial stages as we enabled them by setting up and implementing KPIs and other performance review measures.
