Business and Finance

We help clients to access bespoke solutions by combining expert knowledge from a range of expertise areas such as big data analytics, advanced mathematical finance and quantitative methods in order to solve the unique problems our clients face.

Our consultants have helped clients with everything from understanding financial market behaviour and how to manage global systemic risks to measures needed to meet challenges when transitioning to a low carbon economy. They have also helped to advance solutions and policies to help healthcare systems, health care providers and payers to provide sustainable safe and effective healthcare.

We have helped clients solve a range of problems:

 

FINANCIAL MARKET BEHAVIOUR AND RISK MANAGEMENT

We have helped clients with for example: Asset pricing, asset management, economic forecasting, financial volatility prediction, derivative trading strategies and economic forecasting, risk management for credit, operational and market settlement risks.

 

QUANTITATIVE FINANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT

We have helped clients with for example: Mathematical finance, advanced financial modelling and algorithm development, machine learning and high performance computing in finance.

 

BIG DATA ANALYTICS FOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE MANAGEMENT

We have helped clients with for example: Business analytics for performance and marketing optimisation.

 

HEALTHCARE SECTOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE MANAGEMENT

We have helped clients with for example: Health management training, operations management, organisational change and innovation, payment and incentivisation, advanced health economics and outcomes research competence (HEOR).

 

TRANSPORT SECTOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE MANAGMENT

We have helped clients with for example: International performance benchmarks of public transport, transport operations and management, transport economics and policy, asset management and economic performance of transport technologies.

 

ENERGY SECTOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE MANAGEMENT

We have helped clients with for example: Market forecasting, valuation, financial modelling, regulatory and policy advice and benchmarking.

 

Whether you need help creating actionable insight in business and finance, advice on measures to face business challenges or help developing policies for system development or change, we can find the right people to help you solve a problem flexibly and responsively.

Advisory services

Product design, research methods, data analysis, technology evaluation for investment, technological innovation, patent evaluation, prototype and protocol development, policy, cyber security and more. Assisting museums, writers, film makers and artists to ensure creations scientifically sound.

Expert insight

Membership of Scientific Advisory Boards and Technical Panels, advice and guidance on drug development programmes, thought leadership, conference speakers, literature reviews and provision of foresight.

Analysis and testing

Use of the world-class specialist facilities and technicians at Imperial for projects ranging from aerodynamic measurements and medical imaging to structural testing and analysis.

Our consultants are world-leading experts in their field, committed to on-going research.

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Informing the debate on Britain’s electricity system

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The electricity sector is currently undergoing unprecedented changes, including obligations to decarbonise and pressure to keep bills down. With old coal being driven off the system, new nuclear given the go-ahead, prices reaching new highs and lows, and clean energy overtaking fossil fuels for the first time, there is an increasing need for a strong evidence base and robust analysis. read more

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