Market and Competitive Intelligence

Market and competitive intelligence that helps you capitalise on opportunities before others

Overview

We provide bespoke market and competitive intelligence services that help firms identify actionable insights to cope better with the current dynamic landscape. Our in-depth assessment research services assist our clients in understanding the attractiveness and subtleties of a potential market viz. new geography or a new industry segment.

We regularly monitor the ecosystem and provide timely and accurate information on the market and competitors through alerts, periodic reports and thought pieces. Our comprehensive opportunity identification models, along with frameworks based on general and industry-specific performance metrics, help clients harness new opportunities faster.

Our subject matter experts provide customised solutions in niche domains and help deliver projects swiftly with improved output. In addition, our flexible working models help improve margins, employee satisfaction and revenues.

How we are different

BEST-IN-CLASS MARKET AND COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS
BEST-IN-CLASS MARKET AND COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS
Comprehensive and timely research support to effectively respond to the changing market landscape
STRONG RESEARCH DOMAIN EXPERTISE
STRONG RESEARCH DOMAIN EXPERTISE
In-depth industry knowledge and strong market experience to offer compelling support to clients
PROACTIVE AND ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS
PROACTIVE AND ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS
Increased agility and responsiveness to manage changes for clients with our pool of experienced researchers and sector specialists
DECODING INTELLIGENCE AROUND THE CLOCK AND ACROSS GEOGRAPHIES
DECODING INTELLIGENCE AROUND THE CLOCK AND ACROSS GEOGRAPHIES
Our language experts help decode market insights from different geographies while our around-the-clock support brings insightful information without time gaps
FLEXIBITY FOR SEAMLESS OPERATIONS
FLEXIBITY FOR SEAMLESS OPERATIONS
Flexibility to scale based on demand dynamics and seasonal factors

What we have done

Industry and competition research for a Fortune 20 technology firm
What we are proud of

40-50%

cost savings through offshore support

10-12%

more time for core strategy and planning work

Industry and competition research for a digital gaming startup
What we are proud of

USD75m+

Impactful research on investors and funding opportunities – funding secured since engagement initiation

15-20%

Provided additional bandwidth to client teams, leading to faster delivery of critical strategy projects

Support for Consulting and Corporate Firms
Consulting (Rapid Research) for one of the Top 5 Management Consulting Firm
What we are proud of

$9.0m

annualized cost savings

>180,000

hours of projects delivered

Support for Consulting and Corporate Firms
Consulting (Benchmarking Support) for a US-based Strategy Consulting Firm
What we are proud of

>25,000

metrics for ~200 companies

~2,500

proprietary & external benchmarks to support consultants globally

Support for Consulting and Corporate Firms
Marketing Mix Modeling for a US-based Consumer Durables Firm
What we are proud of

20%

increase in net sales opportunities

12.7%

improvement in incremental sales

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Meet our experts

Manish Chandna

Senior Director, Corporates and Consulting Research

Manish heads strategy research practice for consulting and corporate clients at Acuity Knowledge Partners. He has over 15 years’ experience across consulting, corporates, investment banking and other professional services firms. Manish works closely with consulting partners and key decision makers to enable value creation in consulting assignments. He is seasoned in onboarding new clients and takes ownership of setting up new teams, delivery structures and expanding product/regional coverage. Manish has been involved in various company-level strategic initiatives.

Manish Chandna
Prabaldeep Paul

Director, Corporate, and Consulting Research

Prabaldeep leads the strategy research and consulting practice at Acuity Knowledge Partners. He has over 13 years of experience working on assignments related to growth strategy formulation, go-to-market strategy, market entry and expansion (buy/build options), benchmarking, business transformation, process improvement, and more. He works closely with management, strategy, corporate development, competitive intelligence, innovation and procurement teams of clients across multiple industries.

Prabaldeep Paul
Sumit Chhabra

Managing Director, Global Head of Corporate, Private Equity and Consulting/Venture Capital Services

Sumit heads the Consulting & Private Equity vertical at Acuity Knowledge Partners. He also oversees the China Delivery Centre. Sumit is responsible for strategy formulation and implementation, innovation and business development, in addition to providing oversight to delivery groups. He has more than 18 years’ experience across diverse lines of services, including private equity, consulting, market research, investment banking, and commercial banking. In his previous roles at Acuity Knowledge Partners, Sumit was instrumental in setting up the Investment Banking vertical and multiple other services. He also led the business turnaround of a subsidiary company as its COO. He is a chartered accountant and a national rank holder in the foundation level of ICAI.

Sumit Chhabra
Adrian Wright

Managing Director, Investment Banking, Private Equity and Consulting Business Development

Adrian leads Business Development across Investment Banking, Private Equity and Consulting clients in EMEA and APAC. He has 20 years’ experience working in the financial services industry, having spent 13 years working in Equity Capital Markets for Rothschild and RBS, before moving to Acuity Knowledge Partners in 2013. He has a deep knowledge of financial markets, having originated and executed over USD50bn of ECM transactions across a wide range of sectors, products and geographies. He has extensive experience working with and advising the majority of Investment Banking coverage and product groups, and leading global Private Equity firms. Adrian holds a MA (Hons Oxon) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.

Adrian Wright
Marie Filotti

Head of Asia-Pacific Business Development

Marie Filotti heads APAC Business Development at Acuity Knowledge Partners and is based in Hong Kong. She joined the firm in 2018 after 13 years in Investment Banking and Capital Markets, mainly at Nomura (previously Lehman Brothers), and also worked on the corporate side, having run Investor Relations at a China-based ASX-listed gas company. She uses her experience in the industry to advise our clients on best practices in implementation of engagements across all sectors. Marie holds a BA from Yale University and a Masters in Finance from Sciences-Po Paris.

Marie Filotti
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