Univest Research provides its clients with world-class objective and in-depth advisory and consulting services across the different stages of the investment cycle, ranging from pre-investment due diligence to post-investment tracking and Sectoral analysis. Drawing on its management's relevant market experience and industry insight, Univest employs a bottom-up integrated analytical model that helps identify and quantify risk and opportunity.

UNIVEST Research originates timely and objective fundamental and technical equity research that is dedicated to bridging the information gap between issuers and investors in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region. In arriving at its rating recommendation, Univest uses a complex three-pillared matrix that employs a combination of macro-economic, fundamental and technical analysis in assessing a security's future capital appreciation prospects, based on a six-month timeframe. The final recommendation reflects Univest's assessment of a given security's historical and prospective financial performance, quality of management, and operating performance of the company.

UNIVEST has developed a number of Sectoral and market indices focusing primarily on securities listed in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. While designed to reflect the correlations across different regional stock markets, the indices tend to serve as a comparative framework weighing the returns of one sector against that of its respective listing market.

Univest offers 'A La Carte' and 'subscription-based' strategic market research that is custom-tailored to best suit the client's needs and growth directives. Univest specializes in competitive intelligence, syndicated research, and trend-analysis research services. The unique research products and solutions developed by the company – including gap and risk analysis models – provide the client with findings that allow for capitalizing on the 'ebbs and tides' of market cycles.

Univest provides 'customized' political and economic risk assessment for corporations and investment firms interested in doing business in MENA region. Univest Risk Analysis Services provides subscription-based issue risk forecast, and issue risk briefing, and political risk index. Univest also provides risk analysis on a project-basis for ventures situated in the MENA region.