Risk Management
... is always important. Effective risk management strategies are important for a startup, a mid-size company, a large corporation, a non-profit or a religious organization, and every government agency. Without well-planned risk management strategies, virtually every organization is destined to fail sooner or later. During 2008 we all watched the collapse of some of the largest, strongest and oldest companies and institutions in the U.S. and abroad. A key component to many company's ultimate failure was the lack of effective risk management features.

At Cascada Consulting we specialize in identifying vulnerabilities and so-called "corporate insider blind spots" in your company, institution or organization. From this base we develop and suggest specific risk management measures for your entity that will help you to implement these risk management strategies in your corporation in order to reduce and manage certain risks effectively.

Different Risk Factors:
Our professionals have each a minimum of two decades of experience in corporate research, consulting and in the practical implementation of risk management strategies. Every company faces different risks, e.g.: liquidity risks, devaluation or enterprise value risks, default risks, legal risks, operational risks, project risks, etc. ... just to name a few. Executives cannot take these risks lightly, but instead they must be able to identify risks and develop an effective plan to manage such risks. Look at the many companies that failed in 2008 alone. Then take a look at the so-called "untouchable" top growth corporations until 2008, and then they suddenly lost 90% or more of their value/market cap within just a few months. Now we're talking about many billions of dollars of erased wealth in a single company within less than a year. In most cases, the loss of value was unnecessary and therefore the devaluation risks could have been significantly reduced or even avoided.

No Excuses - Risks can be managed effectively:
After a crisis, executives will often blame outside circumstances for their failure of managing risks in a timely manner. Often they will excuse themselves by saying, " ... nobody could have foreseen this, ... everybody got caught up in this mess." Effective risk management does not just rely on historic data, but must also include the consideration of forward-looking potential risks to avoid potential "Black Swan" scenarios. Perhaps some executives were overly optimistic and even avoided discussing potential risks. As they displayed a lack of foresight and as they did not have a plan for this or that situation, they forgot to prepare their companies for the various "unforeseen" scenarios. At Cascada Consulting we purpose to imagine and discuss hypothetical but realistic potential scenarios that could affect your company in one way or the other. And then we develop a specific plan how certain risks can be reduced or even avoided. Risks can be managed effectively and you can be prepared for the "surprises."

Example:
We remember conversations with many top executives of high-flying growth companies in 2006 and 2007. They had every reason to be very proud of their companies and their achievements, ... and they thought that their growth and upturn would continue forever. Back then we suggested a simple risk management technique regarding the protection of the market cap of their companies which was a simple stock split. Within just a couple of years their stock price had already exploded from the teens into the triple digits and it was time for a stock split. The premier example of solidifying the market cap of a company during times of market corrections was e.g. Dell Computer in the 90s. From 1990 to 1998, Dell performed many stock splits and their stock price increased by nearly 100,000% (!). Once the correction took place in 2000 - 2002, Dell's market cap lost only a small portion compared to the other high-flying growth stocks that rarely ever performed a stock split during the bull-market years and whose stock price was then slaughtered into the low single digits and even into extinction during the correction and/or bear-market phases.

The issue is that a stock price in investor's perception may drop to the low single digits during extended market corrections. It's a much longer way down from e.g. $175 a share to a few bucks than it is from e.g. a $35 stock price level. Sure, to some extent it might be all investor's psychology regarding the fear factor, but that's what happens in bear markets. In such periods, stocks no longer trade based on fundamentals or technical indicators, but solely on emotion. To perform stock splits during bull market phases is often effective risk management regarding a company's enterprise value. There are numerous companies who failed and fail to implement this simple risk management strategy, and that's just one of many very effective risk management methods to protect a company's enterprise value.

Dietmar Scherf
President & CEO

Due Diligence
... is always necessary when you engage in a business transaction. You must know who you dealing with and to gather as much information as possible about every aspect of the deal. The more information you have, the easier it is to make an objective decision. Although we all need to put some sort of trust in our business partners, it's always recommended for peace of mind to perform due diligence which is part of doing the best we can to achieve our top performance.

At Cascada Consulting, our top professionals have been involved in the corporate research business since the late 70s. We investigate each and every case, company and person thoroughly, and we're well known for our meticulous efforts in every detail. During our extensive experience we've identified many red flags which have helped our clients to avoid certain business engagements and relationships, which as a result protected them from losing millions of dollars.

Fund managers, corporate executives as well as large private investors must perform due diligence and extensive research in order to make the best possible decisions and to protect assets and interests. You can't be careful enough, especially when it comes to large sums of money or complicated deals. Let our experts perform due diligence and research for you so that you can make a truly informed objective decision with peace of mind.

Offshore Corporations
... are a necessary tool in our day and age. With many governments gone berserk with bureaucracy and taxes, any diligent entrepreneur, businessman and corporate executive will want to protect their profits through legal means. Using offshore corporations in low-bureaucracy tax-haven jurisdictions is a vital strategy to not only avoid high income taxation on international business transactions, but also to take advantage of anonymity and provide protection against unwanted access to one's assets by third parties via e.g. court judgments, etc. Offshore corporations in tax havens are used by companies as well as by individuals to simply protect their income from high taxation and their assets from unwanted access by third parties, as well as to provide freedom to perform global commerce without restrictions.

At Cascada Consulting we specialize in incorporations in the safest and most efficient tax havens like e.g. the British Virgin Islands which are used by hundreds of thousands of individuals and companies to protect their income from high taxation and to shelter their assets from third-party access, as well as to provide access to private and commercial activities without restrictions around the world.

Contact us today. Having served thousands of clients over more than two decades our experience extends to virtually all applications (hedge funds/private capital pools, international business operations incl. for receiving licensing fees/commissions, asset protection from potential judgments incl. divorce judgments, etc.)  in the area of offshore incorporations in tax havens. Full confidentiality and absolute integrity are guaranteed!