Our Clients Overview.
Our clients are senior professionals at private equity funds, hedge funds, long only funds, sovereign wealth funds, corporations, and consultancies. They seek to find an edge in information over competitors in their investment and strategic decisions
Private Equity, Venture Capital
- Our Private Equity and Venture capital clients are based largely in London, New York and Hong Kong
- They have AuM from c$100MM to over $100Bn
- They use our services to conduct investment research and due diligence primarily for acquisitions and disposals of non-listed assets, often not covered by institutional research
Hedge Funds
- Our hedge fund clients are specialized across all disciplines and asset classes including equity macro, credit and commodities
- They have AuM from c$30MM to over $30Bn
- They use our services to conduct investment research and due diligence for: existing holdings, acquisitions, disposals, capital markets transactions, shock market events, listed and non-listed assets
Long Only
- Our long only fund clients are institutional asset managers and pension funds
- Our long only clients include equity, fixed income and alternative investment teams
- They are primarily headquartered in London and New York and have AuM between c$1Bn and over $1Tn
- They use our services to conduct investment research and due diligence predominantly for their listed asset holdings and potential investments
Sovereign Wealth
- A number of the largest sovereign wealth funds globally are our clients, based primarily in Europe, the Middle East and Asia
- Multiple distinct public and private side investment funds across asset classes within these institutions use our services for their long term decision making
Corporates
- Our Corporate clients are from a number of departments at FTSE 100 and Stoxx 600 corporations with market caps between c$1Bn and over $50Bn:
- Corporate Strategy. Research for expansion into new geographies and improving processes to better serve current and potential clients
- Corporate M&A. Due diligence on potential acquisitions and disposals
- Research, Innovation. Research on procedures, processes and technology for innovation and to achieve industry best practice
- Business Development. Exploring potential development and sales opportunities
Consultancies
- 3 of the largest 10 strategy management consultancies globally are our clients
- They primarily use our services to conduct research on behalf of their investment fund and corporate clients for:
- Investments
- Growth strategy
Investment Banking
- 2 of the top 5 investment banks globally are our clients
- Public and Private side teams use our services to deepen their analysis for their clients
- IBD Industry and M&A teams: speak with our Experts to prepare for pitches and assist to source transactions
- Equity Research: access to unique market insights from on-the-ground industry professionals and academics in all major fields and regions
- Fixed Income and Trading and Research: High yield and distressed debt professionals leverage our services to locate Experts who can support and enhance their knowledge of industries and companies in their investment universe.
Work with Silverlight Research
Overview of When Clients Ask for Our Services
 1. Market Research for Business Expansion  2. Acquisition Due Diligence and Research  3. Achieving the Market Best Practice  4. Reacting to Disruptive Market Events |
Case Studies
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Case Study 1: Supermarket Expansion into CEE Geographies
Background A multinational supermarket was looking to expand operations into CEE geographies. They are clearly experts themselves in implementing expansion through organic growth or bolt-on acquisitions but wanted to gain further understanding of the particular market climate, cultural nuances, and trends in these countries to ensure a successful execution Solution Silverlight Research organized over 20 calls with local specialists including:
Local Network: Our client built up its network across CIS and gained valuable insights into the particular cultural trends, as well as regulatory, distribution and marketing challenges in each market Key Acquisition: Value add discussions with our experts enabled our client to identify a key acquisition increasing the speed of the roll-out in the geographies |
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Case Study 2: Autos Supply Chain Optimisation in South America
Background An Autos manufacturer was looking to optimise their supply chain processes in South America. They had recently moved into the region and wanted to improve efficiencies and find out how their competitors had simplified processes to optimize speed as well as tax implications Solution Silverlight Research organized 4 calls within 72 hours with autos supply chain consultants:
Knowledge: The Expert Advisors provided our client with country specific operational, supply chain and financing perspectives that enabled them to reevaluate their current processes Idea Generation: The client was able to discuss a range of methodologies with the Expert Advisors to move forward with their analysis |
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Case Study 3: Capital Markets Equity Market Research
Background A large long only fund was looking to further their understanding of non-listed EMEA consumer fitness companies. They were considering an investment in a consumer IPO and wanted to understand market dynamics for peer companies which were not listed or covered by institutional research Solution Silverlight Research organized several calls during a 1 week period with current and previous senior management of relevant peer firms
Market Insight: The Expert Advisors were able to provide insight on growth and penetration dynamics of key geographies within the field Analysis Validation: The consultations provided the client with validation on the analysis they had already conducted from materials provided in the IPO process, and ultimately validate their investment |
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Case Study 4: Private equity fund research into food production dynamics in an M&A scenario
Background Before putting in their first-round bid for a food production asset based in Asia, our client, a Hong Kong based private equity fund, wanted to conduct further research in the field Solution Silverlight Research organized 3 calls and 2 meetings with relevant industry veterans from the region with distinct specialities including:
360 Degree Knowledge: The selection of Expert Advisors provided the client with finance, supply chain, customer, operational and regulatory perspectives, giving them a complete understanding of the opportunity Better Decisions: Discussions with key knowledge holders helped our client evaluate the short and long term opportunities for the business, and inform their decision to move ahead with the potential acquisition |
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Case Study 5: Management Compensation Benchmarking
Background Post integration of subsidiaries our client, a mining business with African operations, was looking to benchmark and restructure its management compensation Solution Silverlight Research organized 3 consultations with advisors who are experts in compensation policy implementation:
Implementation of Industry Best Practice: The Advisors quickly gave our client a comprehensive overview of key structures and trends in the compensation market in the context of the relevant geographies and sectors |
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Case Study 6: Independent Advice Following Disruptive Market Events
Background Our client wanted clear independent advice regarding the possible implications of Brexit for London Stock Exchange as a listing venue for an IPO Solution Silverlight Research organized 3 consultation calls and 1 meeting within 48 hours with advisors from the key institutions that could provide useful insights:
Informed decision: The client could make an informed decision on their capital markets process taking into account independent views received during the consultations |
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