In order to effectively allocate capital, a company must be able to measure and manage all its assets, both tangible and intangible. Its financial officers must build a comprehensive view of the company's assets - and manage the relationships among those assets in a way that maximises shareholder value.
That goal may sound simple enough, but in practice, asset management presents a host of challenges. For many companies, asset planning, budgeting and forecasting is a slow and expensive exercise. Recent studies indicate that asset managers spend only a fraction of their time actually analysing useful data. The rest is spent collecting and integrating data as well as trying to reconcile consolidated data. How can you start managing your assets more wisely?
How PwC can help you
Our global network of specialists can help your managers understand the true worth of your company's assets in terms of their potential contribution to corporate growth and profitability.
We can provide planning process assessments and improvement recommendations, and help you in implementing our recommendations. And because the value of your company's assets can have a major effect on the market perception of a company's performance and potential, our specialists can also help you communicate the value of your assets to the market. Our asset management capabilities address a broad range of issues including:
- Capital structuring
- Cash flow management
- Intangible assets and Intellectual Property
- Inventory management
- IT investments
- Portfolio management
- Research and Development
- Real estate
- Retirement and pension programs
