Capital Markets Consulting

In the overarching domain of capital markets, GCA comes alongside clients to help with:

  1. Setting up and short term management of treasury and capital market functions including sales, trading, structuring and research desks. 
  2. Capital raising via debt (loans, bonds and sukuk).
  3. Capital raising via equity – IPOs
  4. Asset Liability management.
  5. Credit rating advisory.

Credit Rating Advisory

GCA’s experts with strong ratings advisory background help their clients understand and get indicative range for their credit rating. GCA helps clients to develop a more compelling credit story to address all scenarios, be it first-time ratings, rating upgrades or avoiding rating downgrades. We provide comprehensive guidance on Financial spreading, Quantitative/qualitative assessment, peer group analysis, Loss given default analysis, Credit positioning, Debt headroom analysis, Mapping of ratings etc. GCA helps reduce the time the client spends on research-intensive, time-consuming tasks such as industry research and methodology research.

Fixed Income Investment Advisory

GCA offers independent investment advice on fixed income portfolios that include interest rates, GCC USD bonds and sukuk, GCC local currency bonds & sukuk, real estate investments, and commodities.

Non-Executive Board Director & Committee Member

GCA offers a non-executive board director with significant executive accomplishments in business and extensive board experience spread across Australia, Asia, India, and the Middle East. Equipped with a deep understanding of macroeconomics and capital markets, the director has a keen eye for attention to details in the areas of risk management, corporate governance, capital raising and Islamic finance.

Bespoke Independent Research

GCA offers customized research and analysis on specific topics in debt capital markets and Islamic finance – both in USD as well as local currency fixed income markets. The findings can be provided in the form of a research paper or as a presentation.

Transaction Banking Solutions

Build an airtight transaction channel. GCA analyses your transaction banking relationship and provides tailor-made solutions that maximise your financial efficiency by improving the cost of banking services, FX rates, FX exposures, Exposure reporting, VAR analysis, and FX valuations