Due Diligence for a Bank Acquisition

Background

Our client was keen to expand their footprint in Asia. When a global bank decided to sell their Asian operations, the client requested Arete to assess the value of the assets and develop an integration program.

Methodology

Arete did evaluation of the to-be-acquired assets based on the qualified synergies and risks:

Identify Value Creation Opportunities

• Estimate standalone value of bank
• Identify value-creation opportunities
• Revenue, Cost Synergy
• Under-management value creation opportunities
• Negative Value

Valuation, Assessment of Risks and Issues

• Identify issues impacting price
• Estimate post-acquisition value of merged entity
• Value-preservation drivers of current operations of target (financial & non- financial)

Arete was involved in the various projects with the client:

Marketing

• New product opportunities
• Marketing plan for post acquisition

Ops & Technology

• Operations Cost Reduction
• Technology Cost reduction

Product & Risk

• Product reviews
• Negative due diligence

Strategy

• Business Model post acquisition
• Client Growth Strategy
• Synergy case

Sales Management

• Sales team productivity
• Customer growth model
• Client value proposition