In Q1’23, the financial system was put to the test by the ripple effects of the regional banking crisis and the tightening of financial conditions, with some pockets of growth resulting from the resurgence of investor interest spurred by competitive valuations
Explore why experts recommend adding ‘resilience’ to the ESG framework (ESG+R) in real estate to ensure long-term sustainability in the face of climate change.
Explore reinforcement learning’s role in optimizing portfolio asset allocation by comparing Proximal Optimization models with the performance of the underlying index and a mean-variance portfolio.
Logistics companies are finding it challenging to accurately estimate their CO2 emissions as they strive to mitigate the impact of climate change. To achieve net-zero goals and comply with Scope 3 emission reporting requirements, companies must tackle data availability, accuracy, and transparency issues.
Generative AI for enterprises works best when it is domain specific. This resource guide provides research articles on methodologies and insights for executives interested in Generative AI case studies.
Generative AI technology in Insightsfirst ORAD allows users to leverage its power in multiple ways, as can be seen in the adjoining image. These include: Querying content, and allowing users to find quick leads.
To be successful with Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, enterprises need specific use cases that address a business need or challenge within their particular industry, what we call domain-specific.
This blog explores the benefits of patent watch services for protecting intellectual property. It covers the different types of patent watch services and provides a general guide for conducting a patent watch. It also highlights the limitations of the patent watch and suggests a comprehensive approach to overcome them.
Customer Analytics Service Providers (CASPs) use AI-enabled domain experts to maximize automation and deliver insights to the right people at the right time. Find out how to make microservices, APIs, and reusable code work for your enterprise.
Healthcare is rapidly transforming with digital health, offering benefits like improved patient outcomes, greater efficiency, and cost reduction. However, realising these advantages requires close collaboration between healthcare providers, policymakers, and technology companies. By working together, a cohesive ecosystem can be created that uses technology to deliver patient-centric care.
Discover the key challenges facing companies in the future mobility landscape, from technological advancements and infrastructure development to regulatory frameworks and public acceptance. Learn about the importance of sustainability, integration and interoperability, and security and cybersecurity.
Evalueserve CTO Rigvi Chevala details the company’s five-year product journey from mind+machine™ to the AIRA platform.
Companies rebrand themselves to re-energize their business. Rebranding is a very important strategic direction that a company undertakes. While there may be different reasons a company goes for rebrand however the objective is purely to tell the world what the new brand stands for showcasing its direction.
Learn how Customer Analytics Service Providers (CASPs) transform customer data into insights for growth, retention, and personalization. CASPs ensure data quality, deploy models, and enhance customer experiences for long-term business success.
Discover how a tailored Business Intelligence strategy can drive your business forward by leveraging data analytics and technological tools. Stay competitive, optimize resource allocation, and uncover hidden opportunities with the right approach to BI. Avoid common mistakes and align your strategy with organizational goals for maximum impact.
The Global Healthcare Industry witnessed a surge of deals in Q1 2023 as investors continued to view the sector in terms of its historical status as a “go-to” market during uncertain times.
The art of deal execution in investment banking is a delicate process of taking a potential M&A transaction from idea to completion. The process can be complex and requires knowledge & experience, with confidentiality being a key component to a successful transaction. Evalueserve offers an unmatched deal execution support, with particular focus on live M&A deal mandates, through its vast experience of working with large, mid-market investment and boutique advisory firms.
M&A deal volumes drop lower in Q1 2023 due to economic uncertainties, with APAC contributing just 30% of global M&A. Improved volumes in Japan were the bright spot. Expectations are for a more normalised level of M&A activity resembling pre-2021 levels.
Over the last decade, market and competitive intelligence (MI/CI) has emerged as a focus area for all organizations, including asset management (AM) firms, looking to gain strategic agility.
Persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic (PBT) or very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) chemicals threaten human health and the ecosystem.
Explore the transition to advanced E/E architecture in automotive industry: architecture types, challenges, and upcoming trends.
As a product lead with extensive experience in creating digital solutions in market and competitive intelligence, I’ve witnessed how the volume of insights has increased multifold in the last few years. My clients are primarily professional services firms, and this sheer volume of information available across various platforms makes it difficult for businesses to act swiftly and effectively.
The start of 2023 sees sustainability at the top of businesses’ priority lists. A recent survey conducted in Q1 found that 71% of respondents ranked sustainability as their top near-term (next six months) priority. Respondents were collectively optimistic about their progress, with over 90% suggesting they were somewhat or extremely successful in reaching their sustainability goals over the past 12 months. Further, they expressed increased optimism about meeting goals for the next year (72%) and for 2030 (77%).
Discover how future mobility is transforming transportation systems with electric and autonomous vehicles and integrated transport solutions.
Explore the role of Small Business Administration (SBA) in supporting American small businesses through systemic crises. Learn how the SBA has been standing firm behind small businesses and keeping them afloat in challenging times.
Voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) are crucial for achieving Net Zero carbon emission goals. With most credits generated from land-based projects, it’s time to explore the high-growth potential of Blue Carbon, which focuses on oceans and coastal wetlands.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has gained steam in recent years and is playing an increasingly prominent role in almost every industry – including education. Whether it’s personalized learning, automated grading, intelligent tutoring systems, or virtual learning assistants, AI tools have become essential for educational institutions. They provide invaluable help leading to cost savings and improved learning outcomes.
Discover how innovationcan help your business stay ahead of the competition. Learn about the seven types of innovation intelligence and how market leaders utilize them. Stay on top of the game with insights into the latest industry trends and strategies.
Generative AI is taking the business world by storm. Evalueserve already offers several products and services enriched by generative AI — with more to come. Here’s a sampling of the generative AI apps we offer for our clients.
Pharma companies must attend industry conferences to capture competitive intelligence, adapt to emerging trends, outpace competitors, and seize opportunities for collaboration and investment. Doing so allows them to make informed strategic decisions, respond to customer needs, and drive innovation within the organization. Learn more about the importance of attending these events here.
With the AI revolution upon us, businesses have countless analytics and automation use cases to implement. Our CRUISE Framework takes the guesswork out of prioritizing an analytics and automation roadmap.
Use Generative AI in banking to accelerate Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) research and gain deeper insights for better risk management.
There are two ways to measure a company’s performance. First, you can look at how the business is doing with regard to the KPIs, targets, and goals it sets for itself. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, you can compare the company’s performance to those of its significant competitors.
FY 2022 was a challenging year for investment banks. However, hopes are higher for FY 2023. Here are 9 takeaways from our FY22 Investment Banking update.
Discover how the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) affects asset managers. Learn how complying with this EU regulation can reduce risk exposure and improve financial performance.
Sustainability is the way of the future – that part is canon by now. So, what values can companies expect from the markets of this future? Well, the answer is right in front of us. The world is already witness to the emergence of a new type of market, where the highest valued ‘commodity’ is the decarbonization solution of paramount quality.
Exploring the importance of CDPs and providing practical tips for maximizing their value and ROI.
Procurement teams in the oil and gas industry face various challenges, from volatile market conditions to complex supply chains and regulatory requirements.
Voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) are a new-age solution that can not only help companies incentivize projects aimed towards climate change mitigation to meet Net Zero 2050 goals, but also help in the reduction and offsetting of greenhouse gases (GHG) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for their investors and participants.
In the last three years, the consumer and retail sector has witnessed more disruption and transformation in consumer behavior and preference than in the past two decades. In 2022, the consumer and retail sector continued to witness major economic headwinds, including an unstable geopolitical environment, a sharp rise in the cost of living, and a looming recession, which added more uncertainty to consumers’ purchasing behavior and, ultimately, to the sector’s performance.
Discover how CPG marketers can navigate the shift to a cookieless digital world and continue to gather customer data. Learn about the latest marketing strategies and data-driven insights for successful online advertising.
Asia-Pacific (APAC) has not been immune from the global macroeconomic headwinds that built steadily throughout 2022. Now, the region is also
The OTT market, which was riding high on the analysts’ expectations pushed by the pandemic, remained subdued as pandemic restrictions were uplifted. The market is still growing but the growth rates do not match the previously announced expectations. It is anticipated to take another surge with the introduction of 5G services and 4K content, especially in emerging countries such as India.
While large language models generate lots of press, it’s in industry-specific use cases that AI proves its value. Here, we outline real-world domain-specific approaches to generative text-based chat tools.
The global financial services market underwent a significant change in 2022 as the world economy struggled to recover from the effects of a protracted epidemic. However, the deal volume from 2021 did not produce a straightforward figure that could be easily repeated. Therefore, as economic and geopolitical volatility took its toll, businesses appeared to have started concentrating on concluding the correct deals to support strategic growth and capital returns rather than expanding the volume of deals.
Discover how an IP strategy roadmap can boost revenue and attract investment. Learn why SMEs with IP rights have higher revenue per employee.
The modern business landscape is more competitive than ever. If you want to succeed, you need exact, timely information. In short, harnessing the power of BI leaves you better equipped to make informed decisions, identify opportunities, and remain competitive.
Want to stay ahead of the curve? Strap in and keep reading: We’ll cover everything from the latest BI-powered leadership trends, tools, and best practices to game-changing tips and resources for data analysts and front-line adopters.
Conference intelligence is a crucial piece of competitive intelligence, particularly in the pharma sector. And employing AV analytics and AI adds new layers of value to traditional conference intelligence offerings.
The US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy to tackle inflation has brought the government and the Treasury at odds with the Central bank. Bhashkar Upadhyay in his new blog has carefully noted down how “fiscal deficit” has become a point of contention among different stakeholders and how a failure to end the deadlock over the “debt ceiling” could have grave financial consequences on the markets.
Evalueserve recently conducted a survey of private equity professionals to understand the industry’s current state and gain insights into its direction in 2023. Here are 9 of the main takeaways from that survey.
The heightened level of risk in today’s world, combined with increasing regulations, necessitates that financial institutions employ RiskTech.
Data scarcity can be a barrier for companies looking to implement AI. But generative AI has a huge potential to resolve data scarcity issues.
On Friday, February 17, 2023, Duke University hosted its 2023 Provost’s Forum. This year’s topic was Big Problems in Big Tech. Here are some key takeaways.
Financial institutions face a multitude of risks linked to operations, governance, and compliance. Because of the sector’s importance to global economies
Put simply, a competitive intelligence solution is a specialized tool which automates the process of intelligence gathering about rival businesses.
Cannabis Safety is a complex question as the positive therapeutic effects are not well understood yet but its dangers to health are. Diganta Sarkar and Alex Bell, Chemical Safety and Regulatory experts at Evalueserve, will walk you through the safety concerns of consumer cannabis products and the regulations of these products.
The sharp decline in Global IPO activity in 2022 had a substantial impact on the financial markets, as it followed 2021.
The knock-on effects of COVID-19, labour force displacement, geopolitical uncertainties, and shortage of liquidity dominated discussion during 2022. The global healthcare industry is typically considered a recession safe haven, still faced financial strain due to these factors.
The team at Evalueserve, a provider of banking and advisory support services, is back with another iteration of our M&A Outlook Report, covering 10 Major M&A markets, as we move into 2023. M&A activity in 2022 took a drastic downward turn in the second half of 2022 driven by a global economic slowdown fueled by elevated inflation, higher financing costs and geopolitical conflicts.
One of the most prevalent forms of AI is Natural Language Processing (NLP). NLP helps computers understand language like humans do.
There is a global sprint towards reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and greenhouse gases (GHG) across industries, in response to decarbonization needs outlined in the Net Zero 2050 goals as a part of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
With AI, you’ll not only have accurate knowledge of market responses to socioeconomic changes but also how you can capitalize on any situation to gain a competitive advantage.
One of the biggest challenges in ESG reporting according to investors is the lack of transparent and consistent data. It is important to understand and distinguish the challenges across the ESG data and insights value chain and then follow a piecemeal approach to address each of them. In this article, we will explore the three levels of the ESG data value chain and address these challenges and how to meet them.
CI is used to track and analyze competitors’ strategies, products, activities, and performance. With the rise of social media, this intelligence can be gathered more quickly and easily than ever before.
In a recent blog post, we explained how business decision-making has changed and why your business must make data-informed decisions. Now,
AI is maturing rapidly and each year, novel applications of AI for business and everyday living are debuted or gain traction.
A Confidential Information Memorandum (CIM) is one of the first documents a buyer receives during the M&A process. It is a descriptive resume of the company curated by the M&A Advisor on the seller’s side.
Machine learning (ML) algorithms are already commonplace in the business world, fueled by the extreme amounts of data now available and
Rare-earth Elements (REE) are not actually rare but are found across the globe in Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Australia. They are referred to as rare only because of the limitations in mining and refining processes.
The issues surrounding plastic waste and its mitigation require continuous focus in a global transition aiming for sustainability under the Net Zero 2050 goals. In recent times, we have noted this focus expanding.
Companies are increasingly leveraging it to remain competitive in the ever-changing business landscape. In fact, 64% of B2B marketers consider AI invaluable in their marketing efforts.
Investment banks have undergone drastic changes during the pandemic and some of those legacies would continue in a post-Covid world. Alexia Fernandez aims to highlight this by explaining how Evalueserve has played a key role by adjusting to its client needs as they move their RSM-related functions online.
Scope 3 emissions constitute the lion’s share of a business’s carbon footprint. Addressing Scope 3 emissions demonstrates a real commitment to the cause of environmental impact reduction. There are several approaches to Scope 3 emission reduction. Companies will usually need to focus on more than one strategy to ensure their attempts are effective.
As ChatGPT takes over social media and gets picked up everywhere, we asked our in-house experts their thoughts on the innovative technology!
The clinical skin care world is constantly changing, adopting new technologies, ingredients, and methodologies to improve their products. Abhishek Adhikary, Senior Analyst at CPG Practice, will guide you through the emerging trends in the clinical skin care market and illustrate to you a few key strategies for this industry.
Our detailed analysis of the Global FIG M&A and Capital Markets landscape captures the probable answer through deep insights on Investors’ behaviour, Recovery of the banking sector, Key M&A themes…
Scope 3 is broadening the concept of environmental impact which includes all the activities a company’s business calls into being, throughout their supply and distribution chains (the “product lifecycle”).
After the global financial crisis, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) issued the Basel III reforms to its standards to
The days of gut-feeling business decisions are over. Companies are increasingly looking to analytics-based decision-making.
In our detailed Q3 review of the global investment banking industry, we have discussed the M&A, ECM, and DCM markets, along with the performance of bulge bracket investment banks and M&A advisory firms.
How Private Equity bracing for slowdown next year. Read more in our latest blog to find out.
Metaverse popularity is huge, and an industry like beauty, rooted in sensory experiences, has decided driving innovation in the metaverse. Namrata Sain’s blog will look at the three complementary but very different ways in which beauty brands can have a piece of the phenomenal potential of this new virtual world.
Food Industry is focusing on sustainable products. The search is on for low-CO2 alternatives like precision fermentation of proteins. Learn more about this new development in the consumer products industry in Deeptanshu Dey’s blog, Consultant at CPG Practice.
Deal activity across the global healthcare industry remained low, a stark contrast to the economic buoyancy witnessed during the same period last year. Investors continued to adopt a cautious approach amid the uncertainties related to global growth outlook…
Global O&G M&A activity slightly decreased in Q3 2022 amid indication of current global slowdown; however, North American M&A activity is up. Current geopolitical tensions and energy security is impacting the oil and gas sector majorly.
Despite low volumes, rising costs, supply chain interruptions, and lowered guidance in Q3 2022, the North American consumer and retail sector has continued to see modest growth, albeit at a considerably slower rate than in 2021…
Understanding your position in this ecosystem – and accurately calculating your market share – is crucial to intelligently defining the forward trajectory of your business.
The following four articles detail some implementation best practices, how domain-specific AI can help your company identify opportunities and even leapfrog the competition, and use domain-specific AI as a knowledge management tool. Enjoy the following articles.
Every few weeks we’ll interview employees. Meet Anuj Bhardwaj, Director at IP and R&D Solutions, being with Evalueserve already for 14 years. Get an insight to his journey and to his day-to-day with us and how he sees the paralegal services industry transform.
In 2022, the prevalent geopolitical conditions and macroeconomic uncertainties caused a decline in broader market performance in general and the tech stocks declined to a high level, due to which sector experienced a downtrend in M&A and listing activity.
The risks to the M&A outlook for Asia Pacific markets are overwhelmingly tilted to the downside as rising prices continue to impact growth prospects worldwide. While taming inflation remains the top priority for policymakers, tighter monetary policies will inevitably have real economic costs.
The team at Evalueserve, a provider of banking and advisory support services, has undertaken research for the Over-the-Top (OTT) market globally and in India, covering Major Players and prominent modes of OTT streaming. The pandemic period has been a revelation for the industry with the market experiencing unprecedented increase in Market Size.
New sustainability conventions and changing consumer needs drives companies to developing safer and eco-friendly products. Learn how to identify safe ingredients for your product safety strategy.
Supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have led to the highest-ever inflation in decades in many major countries. It has since emerged as a serious concern in investor markets, including real estate.
The Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Area has gained traction in recent years. A majority of big pharma has CGT assets in their pipeline. While it has a strong pipeline, the area witnessed a continued flow of investment. In our latest industry report on Cell and Gene Therapy Sector Performance and Outlook, we discuss how and why we believe that the CGT area has a lot to offer and except to see continued growth.
Building a healthy pipeline that can withstand changing economic conditions is the dream of every partner at consulting and advisory firms. Whether you’re looking for new strategy consulting opportunities, M&A advisory, or restructuring prospects, you need a continuous pipeline development effort.
In order to curb the growing influence of index providers on global asset market, the US SEC is tightening regulations on index players. Bhashkar Upadhyay in this research piece aims to examine the role of new regulations that would govern the producers of financial indices, challenges and concerns in implementing them, and their impact on the industry in general.
The global financial services market continued its frenetic pace of M&A and capital market activity at the start of 2022, keeping pace with a record-breaking 2021. However, it must be noted that the deal volume in 2021 did not yield an easy number that could be effortlessly replicated.
The Pet Food Industry is nowadays influenced by human food trends. Several studies show that healthy eating pet owners rethinking food options for pets. Learn how this trend impacts the Pet Food manufacturers.
The year 2021 witnessed a renewed interest in liquid alternatives (alts.), and 2022 continues to see a strong inflow of funds. The primary reasons driving this inflow are volatile equity market returns, weakening policy support, higher interest rates and inflation, market volatility, and geopolitical turmoil, as they forced investors to critically think about portfolio construction and seek strategy changes.
The first half of 2022 saw ~USD 2.2 trillion of M&A deals being announced, ~21% lower than the same period last year and the slowest opening six months for M&A in two years. Technology, financials, and industrials accounted for almost half the total deal value in the first half of 2022.
In some skeptical quarters, the notion of eating insects has almost become the punchline of a joke. Indeed, insects are more
The team at Evalueserve, a provider of banking and advisory support services, is back with another iteration of our M&A Recovery Report, covering 10 Major M&A markets, as we move through 2022. M&A recovery in 2022 took a drastic downward turn from the blockbuster start witnessed in the previous quarter on the back of growing concerns of a global economic slowdown.
On December 8, 2020, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) published the Guidelines on Environmental Risk Management for Insurers. These guidelines are aimed at improving the management of environmental risks by all insurers, in line with the expectations of the MAS.
These guidelines are aimed at improving the management of environmental risks by all banks, merchant banks, and finance companies, in line with the expectations of the MA
Deal making in the global healthcare industry has been relatively slow in 2022, compared with a blockbuster 2021. Investors were primarily forced to hold off on deal making because of the uncertainty regarding the global growth outlook.
In this spotlight, we sat down with Evalueserve’s Group Manager of the CPG Excellence Team, Himanshu Sharma and got the scoop on her professional journey, and the CPG industry.
As a business, it’s important to keep track of your competition. What are they doing that is working well? What tactics are they using that you could learn from? Competitive Intelligence tracking is the process of monitoring and assessing your competition to gain a strategic advantage.
It is imperative for any business to look at and review what key companies and innovators in their space are doing. This outlook is essential as it provides the direction that the others are treading for their future roadmap and the business can decide the direction it wants to take.
The 2021 Climate Risk Management Guideline was published by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) in July 2021.
Banking authorities strive to ensure strong risk management practices, including the detection, disclosure, and management of risks emanating from climate change. These practices are critical to boosting banks’ resilience to climate-related events and risks.
On December 8, 2020, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) published the Guidelines on Environmental Risk Management for Asset Managers. These guidelines are aimed at improving the management of environmental risks by fund management companies and real estate
A competitive audit or competitor audit is an essential part of competitive intelligence. It involves a complete assessment of your competition through notes of their products, branding, content, features, and benefits.
The Middle East banking industry has been witnessing knock-on effects of the pandemic, volatile oil prices, and intensifying multi-dimensional disruptions. However, it has been able to withstand these pressures and bounce back strongly.
Get to know Alex Bell, Associate Director in Chemical Safety and Regulatory Affairs. Learn what brought him to Evalueserve and how he perceives today’s product safety industry.
The COVID-19 crisis has taken various forms across the world and presented remarkable differences in performance within different industries. Some sectors that are dependent on human interaction, such as the cultural and creative industries have experienced substantial hits and were expected to take longer to recover.
Cryptocurrencies have seen massive adoption and have become one of the hottest investment products for investors and asset managers alike. This increased uptake has been driven by its growth potential that it has demonstrated over the years.
The IP and R&D Spotlight Interview series continues. Get to know Simon Carr, Vice President of CPG Practice at Evalueserve. Read his assessment of the CPG market and how the market should evolve in a fast-changing environment.
Identifying your competition is the first step to understanding your competition – this can help you avoid pitfalls and provide you with advantages that can make your stand tall above the others.
In a rapidly changing business landscape, it’s more important than ever to have a comprehensive and effective competitive intelligence program. But
