Independent Markets Advisory

A paradigm shift in the investment banking space

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Introducing Advize

Advize provides independent, modelling-led advisory focused on one question: where and why capital earns returns above its cost, and how long those returns last. We bring clarity to complex decisions by stripping out product noise, pricing opacity, and institutional bias. Our work is transparent and model-driven so options can be compared like-for-like and decisions can be defended at IC, treasury, or board level. We don’t sell or distribute financial products, we don’t intermediate, and we don’t get paid more when you transact. That independence keeps incentives clean and advice unconflicted. We work with corporate boards and executives, private equity and private credit investors, and family offices where the downside of being wrong is large. We connect competitive advantage to ROIC and WACC, test the durability of economic profit, and translate that into better decisions on capital allocation, transactions, and risk – so capital is deployed with a higher probability of durable value creation.

Introducing Advize

Our Clients

Our clients are the CEOs, CFOs, treasurers and finance managers of these organisations.

The Modern Client's Hands Are Full...

Today the custodians of finance are already time-poor,
yet their role continues to increase in both breadth and depth.

The Evolution
of Our Clients' Roles...

The financial function is no longer all about bean counting…

Our clients also need to be:

  • Strategists
  • IT specialists
  • Compliance officers
  • Corporate governors
  • Risk managers
  • Human resource managers
Our Clients Roles

The Challenge

Modern finance leaders must wear many hats, each requiring specialized knowledge and constant attention.

The Client's Balancing Act...

Even as they are faced with a role that is
growing in scope, our clients have to contend with:

    • Rapidly increasing regulatory oversight
    • Corporate governance requirements
    • Stakeholder accountability
    • Risks of personal liability

    It is therefore becoming even more important for them to pay attention to the detail.

Client's Balancing

The Problem

Since they just don’t have the time to stay abreast of a fast-changing environment, they are being compelled to co-opt specialists to stay on top of the nuts and bolts.

Co-sourcing for Excellence...

Clients must decide whether to create these specialist capabilities
in-house, outsource them or co-source them (a combination of the previous two options).

We Recommend the Co-sourcing Solution Because:

Co-sourcing is extremely cost effective – You only pay for the expertise when you need it, avoiding the overhead of full-time specialized staff.

Enables focus on core business – A more focused in-house team whilst simultaneously outsourcing any non-core functions.

Access to technical expertise – High quality, contractually specified, scalable, cutting edge and not easily attainable

Effective capacity to management tool – Scale resources up or down based on your needs

Potent way to manage risk – Independent oversight and specialized risk management capabilities

Enhances capacity for innovation – Access to latest methodologies and market insights

Co-sourcing Solution

Critical Success Factor

It is critical that the service provider is independent, has aligned interests and possesses the requisite specialised skills.

Is the Term "Banking Independence" the World's Greatest Oxymoron?

Over time investment banks have evolved from being ‘niche players’ to ‘financial juggernauts’. This transformation has heightened the potential for conflicts of interest.

The problem is especially acute within the Markets divisions of investment banks where securities are traded. The practices of erecting ‘Chinese Walls’, creating ‘private-side’ teams and transaction-based ‘wall-crossing’ can sometimes be ineffective mechanisms for managing these conflicts.

Banking Independence" the World's Greatest Oxymoron

Why This Matters

There are many examples which illustrate this point – the potential for conflicts of interest in modern investment banking is real and significant.

Classic Principal/Agent Dilemma, A Real Test of Banking Independence...

While banks provide access to the markets in which they operate, their own proprietary participation may at times undermine their ability to act independently and in their clients’ best interests.

Banks Have Structural Advantages:

  • Informational advantage – They see flows across the entire market
  • Specialist skills and tools – Sophisticated systems and expertise
  • Transaction-based remuneration schemes – Incentivized to maximize transactions

These provide them with both the opportunity and the incentive to retain value.

Classic Principal/Agent Dilemma

The Simple Solution

Level the playing field by uncovering all the hidden value, ensuring its equitable distribution. Advize can help you ‘know the game’ better!

Tailoring Your Financial Dream Coat...

The optimal client solution is often a bespoke combination of products and expertise drawn from multiple investment banks – or from several divisions within the same institution.

Yet achieving this seamless integration is rarely straightforward. The most common obstacle to efficiency and value is the entrenched “silo effect,” which manifests on three fronts:

The Three Levels of Silos:

Across the Industry – Rivalry between investment banks inhibits collaboration and information sharing

Within Institutions – Divisions inside a single bank often compete instead of coordinating.

Between Individuals – Incentive and reward structures can misalign personal interests with client outcomes.

Financial Dream Coat

Why This Happens

Compensation structures are largely to blame for this. We help our clients to cut across these silos.

It Takes Two Keys to
Unlock All the Hidden Value in M&A...

The ideal M&A process requires the complete integration of both
corporate finance and markets expertise right from inception of a transaction.

The Current Gap

Investment banks can offer independent corporate finance advisory services, but they cannot provide independent markets advisory services because in this space their objective is to sell their products and services.

This deficiency in the current investment banking model can be addressed by retaining independent markets advisors such as Advize to craft an optimal markets solution for any M&A transaction.

Independent Markets Advisors' Participation Throughout the M&A Process:

  • Neutralises the 'silo effect' - Integrates solutions across divisions and institutions
  • Minimises the risk of traders profiting from sensitive information - Protects confidential transaction details
  • Ensures real-time transaction specific pricing - Accurate, current market pricing when you need it
  • Significantly reduces transaction execution costs by eliminating informational asymmetries
The Current Gap

The Bottom Line

Two keys are better than one. Independent markets advisory unlocks value that corporate finance advisory alone cannot access.

Advize… your very own superhero!

Most advisory tells you what’s happening. We focus on what matters: whether the economics hold up and what breaks first.

  • Competitive-Advantage Due Diligence strengthens underwriting and IC decisions by explaining why returns exist, whether they persist through the hold period, and what erodes them – directly informing price, leverage, reinvestment, and exit assumptions.
  • Corporate Boards & Policy embeds ROIC, WACC, economic profit, and market value added into capital allocation, financing, and distribution decisions so boards can direct capital to advantaged uses and protect enterprise value over time.
Advize your own superhero
  • Transaction & Markets Advisory provides independent review of pricing, structure, and assumptions across financing and hedging proposals, with transparent, like-for-like comparisons that hold up in negotiation and execution.
  • Fund & Investor Advisory focuses on governance and monitoring – standardizing value-based reporting, surfacing return erosion early, and enabling earlier intervention across portfoli os.
  • Family Office Advisory delivers institutional-grade modelling, dashboards, scenario analysis, and transaction support across complex portfolios with the same value-based discipline.
  • Corporate Finance Advisory combines capital-structure optimization, M&A analysis, valuation support, and financial-risk work grounded in economic value creation rather than form or optics.

Why Advize Exists

In a world where most financial advice is tied to product sales or internal targets, Advize exists to provide something different – independent, unconflicted financial markets advisory.

We complement, rather than compete with, the banks and market counterparties you already work with, ensuring your decisions are always guided by objective analysis and aligned with your best interests.

Independence

Truly unbiased advice free from conflicts of interest

Specialized Skills

Access to cutting-edge markets expertise

Cost Efficiency

Pay only for what you need, when you need it

Selective Engagement

Use our services exactly when and where they add value