Corporate Finance Publications

The Cost of Capital The Asia-Pacific M&A Bulletin, prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, is a useful reference for current and potential investors targeting Asia-Pacific which provides a comprehensive review and analysis of the trends in the mergers and acquisitions arena.

The Cost of Capital Report provides estimates for selected New Zealand listed companies of earnings multiples, equity betas and their Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC).

PricewaterhouseCoopers has published the sixth edition of its Disclosure Compendium, which summarises the 2006 disclosure information of Electricity Line Businesses and Gas Pipeline Businesses, as published in the New Zealand Gazettes.

Leading Energy is a quarterly publication produced by the PwC Corporate Finance - Energy Advisory Group. Our Energy Advisory Group is the largest of its kind in the country and includes both a Corporate Finance and Regulatory team.

The Market Risk Premium is a key input to cost of capital calculations using the Brennan-Lally specification of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) that we apply. For many years we have undertaken research in this area – to provide an objective basis for our cost of capital advice.