Information and analytical services
Consulting group “Banks. Finances.
Investment” is an independent company in all respects.
It is free of any stereotypes, independent of its clients’ business and
independent of the state.
BFI recognizes only dependence on its obligations to clients
BFI offers a wide range of services to provide credit institutions with adequate instruments for making optimal managerial decisions and prepare banks for operations in an ever changing and competitive environment.
BFI offers comprehensive diagnostics of the financial condition of banks based on original techniques and gives recommendations on their financial rehabilitation.
BFI assists banks in drafting their development strategies, including measures to indentify their mission, strategic goals and tasks, the principles of commercial activities, and also to calculate their financial guidelines, budgeted balance sheets and indicators.
BFI diagnoses and advises on corporate governance systems in accordance with the best banking practice, taking into account the regulatory environment.
BFI prepares expert conclusions on the valuation of a bank’s business and accompanies transactions for the purchase and sale, merger and acquisition of credit institutions.
BFI monitors separate segments of the banking market, using original techniques, including techniques to monitor regional developments.
BFI assists banks in determining their competitive position and drafting a marketing strategy, including work to develop new banking products.
BFI provides services to draft and introduce quality standards for banking operations that meet the requirements and recommendations of supervisory bodies.
BFI offers comprehensive
solutions to risk management, and also to internal control and audit
optimization.
Development and introduction of quality standards for bank’s activities
Diagnostics of governance systems
Analysis of financial condition (Due Diligence)
Analysis of competitiveness
Advice on corporate governance system
Diagnostics of existing corporate governance system
Development of corporate governance model
Practical assistance in carrying out measures to build a corporate governance system:
Formulation of corporate governance policies and procedures,
Preparation of constituent and in-house documents, regulations and standard contracts,
Development of remuneration and incentive system for top managers and bank’s other key personnel,
Drafting of conciliatory procedures for resolving corporate conflicts,
Introduction of techniques to assess the quality of corporate governance of bank’s counterparties and competitors,
Drafting of formats for annual reports and communications, recommendations for information provision on Bank’s Web site,
Independent assessment of work by the Board of Directors
Analysis of competitive environment
Analysis of and forecast for the development of macroeconomic environment significant for bank, including the banking sector
Marketing analysis of competitive environment (including targeted regions): products, competitors, terms for entry into market
Rating consulting
Bank’s corporate development strategy
Advice on corporate governance system
Advice on governance systems and business process at bank, assistance in introducing the latest banking technologies
Methodological support (the formulation of in-house policies and procedures for bank’s activities)
Support for bank financing operations
Preparation of strategy
Diagnostics of bank’s governance systems and preparation of recommendations for their improvement
Analysis of financial condition (Due Diligence)
Analysis of bank’s competitive environment
SWOT-analysis
Preparation of strategic development alternatives
Plan of bank’s development for strategic period
Development strategies for separate areas
of bank’s operations
Marketing strategy
Regional development
Corporate governance development
Human capital development
Risk management
Asset and liability management
Investment strategy
Formulating a balanced system of indicators
Bank’s business plan
Diagnostics of bank’s governance systems and preparation of recommendations for their improvement
Analysis of bank’s organizational structure and main components of its governance system
Analysis of bank’s current operations to manage assets and liabilities
Analysis of marketing policy and the bank’s work to broaden its client base
Analysis of internal control system
Diagnostics of existing planning and budgeting system
Diagnostics of existing corporate governance system
Analysis of financial condition (Due Diligence)
Analysis of ownership structure
Analysis of asset structure
Analysis of liabilities
Analysis of capital structure
Assessment of liquidity and paying capacity
Analysis of revenues and expenditures
Risk assessment
Analysis of performance efficiency
Recommendations for bank’s financial rehabilitation