What we do

Our Service Offerings

Why choose us

Our bespoke approach

Our approach is to consistently focus on the best outcomes for our clients, their businesses and investments through a process of fundamental, bottom-up financial analysis and advisory.

We aim to offer bespoke solutions to selected entities and relationships where we can leverage our experience and expertise in a number of sectors. Our advisory business has a specific intent to support, underpin and provide capacity to our selected strong relationships.

Credentials

With over 70 years of skills in sourcing, structuring and execution of various investments in principal investments, private equity and investment banking, Cornerstone is uniquely positioned to guide its clients and partners through the complex financial and strategic challenges that they face during each stage of their investment life cycle.

Our Services

Cornerstone salient business offerings

Strategy Formulation and Execution

Our depth of experience in a wide range of sectors enables us to add value to all our stakeholders through a deep understanding of client’s needs.

M&A Advisory and Corporate Finance

Our international and local exposure allows us to provide our clients with a wide range of advisory services and corporate finance services.

B-BBEE Advisory

We provide a wide range of effective business tools specifically developed to help business unravel the complexities of B-BBEE and to turn compliance into a measurable growth strategy.

Private Equity

We believe in “growth through partnerships”. We therefore create an enabling environment to match our clients and investors based on aligned long-term strategic and values.

Capital Raising

Our extensive broad industry expertise enable us to provide our clients with innovative solutions.

Our Value Proposition

Our Value Proposition

Cornerstone seeks to create value for its clients through:

Acquisition of assets, equities and companies at a significant discount to its intrinsic value.
Identifying alternative exit routes prior to investment.
Partnering with major financial institutions.
Adding operational value to the South African transformation process.
Providing strong black economic empowerment credentials.
Partnering with strong management teams with considerable expertise and experience.
Bringing a track record of successful value-adding in investments.
Access to high-growth investment opportunities.
Relationships with key government intuitions, Southern African businesses and advisors.
Access to alternative investment opportunities not targeted by traditional private equity providers.
Agile management team that can be aligned with a client’s business model through equity incentive scheme.