ADVISORY
Advisory Services
Our advisory service is in the following areas:
- Financial Advisory
- Trade Finance Advisory
- Risk Management Advisory
- Business Advisory
Our services in this area include business valuation, anti-money laundering consulting, conducting financial due diligence, business intelligence consulting and corporate finance advisory including balance sheet restructuring.
Trade Advisory:
EMFG possesses extensive experience and expertise in various areas of international and domestic trade. Our particular emphasis is in creating and facilitating cross border trade between North American Institutions and Emerging Markets Companies, especially counterparties in Africa.
EMFG can assist in sourcing, vetting and negotiations with partners, providing market studies and advise on countries and regulatory framework for implementation of business plans and new projects. We can also provide political and business risk assessment for named target markets and advise on market penetration strategy and business development structures. More specifically, our trade advisory offerings include:
- International Trade
- Import and export of goods and services
- Financing and Transactional Support for importers and exporters such as assistance with transaction appraisal, and preparing financing requests.
- Country Risk Management
- Market Analysis, entry strategies, market development and identification of key players
- Trade Promotion
- Import and Export support including carrying out Due Diligence on contracting parties.
- Investment Promotion and policy analysis, best practices, program design and implementation.
- Engagements linking trade, training and international development.
- Trade Finance
- Export Credit Agencies and Multilateral Agencies financing support for importers and exporters.
- Assisting with solutions to mitigate payment and performance risks.
Risk Management Advisory
We advice companies, especially financial institutions in the whole areas of Enterprise Risk Management including credit risk, market risk, operational risk, and internal control and governance structures. We have been involved in system implementation projects that enabled the tracking monitoring and reporting of those risk elements in compliance with Basle II requirements for some of the largest financial institutions in the world.
Business Advisory
Our Business Advisory is focused on advising companies on growth strategies. Specific offerings include market intelligence study, market development support, financial analysis and other benchmarking tools to improve operations.